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So recently I bought Minecraft and decided to add some mods. so when I went to install Minecraft forge, it would not work. I try to install it but nothing happens. can someone please help me understand either what I'm doing wrong or what is going wrong with the installation.

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Please provide your installer log, it will have the same name as the installer but with .log on the end:

Installer: forge-{version}-installer.jar

Log: forge-{version}-installer.jar.log

 

Note: If you have Windows Explorer set to hide file extensions(as is the default setting), they will look like this:

Installer: forge-{version}-installer

Log: forge-{version}-installer.jar

This is my Forum Signature, I am currently attempting to transform it into a small guide for fixing easier issues using spoiler blocks to keep things tidy.

 

As the most common issue I feel I should put this outside the main bulk:

The only official source for Forge is https://files.minecraftforge.net, and the only site I trust for getting mods is CurseForge.

If you use any site other than these, please take a look at the StopModReposts project and install their browser extension, I would also advise running a virus scan.

 

For players asking for assistance with Forge please expand the spoiler below and read the appropriate section(s) in its/their entirety.

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  On 7/16/2019 at 2:15 AM, DaemonUmbra said:

Please provide your installer log, it will have the same name as the installer but with .log on the end:

Installer: forge-{version}-installer.jar

Log: forge-{version}-installer.jar.log

 

Note: If you have Windows Explorer set to hide file extensions(as is the default setting), they will look like this:

Installer: forge-{version}-installer

Log: forge-{version}-installer.jar

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my apologies but I am not a very tech-savvy person so I have no idea what an installer log is or how to find it

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  On 7/16/2019 at 2:02 PM, diesieben07 said:

You downloaded the installer, right? That comes as a jar file. When you run it, it will produce the log file next to it.

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well when you go to Minecraft forge I press the "installer" button for the 1.14.3 version. it saves to my downloads but after that I have tried to open it. it opens with internet explorer and asks me if I want to open it or save it. I have tried doing both but nothing really happens 

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  On 7/16/2019 at 2:12 PM, Luna510050 said:

well when you go to Minecraft forge I press the "installer" button for the 1.14.3 version. it saves to my downloads but after that I have tried to open it. it opens with internet explorer and asks me if I want to open it or save it. I have tried doing both but nothing really happens 

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Open your windows terminal and write java -version, can you send what it shows ?

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  On 7/16/2019 at 2:36 PM, diesieben07 said:

Why did you not mention this in the first place? Your first post says it does "nothing", which is obviously not true...

Make sure you have Java installed, if you do, you can run Jarfix to fix the jar-file association.

 

Not really relevant here.

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I said that to know if he has JAVA installed ?‍♀️

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  On 7/16/2019 at 2:39 PM, uiytt said:

I said that to know if he has JAVA installed ?‍♀️

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That's what i was about to say lmao 

 

  On 7/15/2019 at 9:02 PM, Luna510050 said:

So recently I bought Minecraft and decided to add some mods. so when I went to install Minecraft forge, it would not work. I try to install it but nothing happens. can someone please help me understand either what I'm doing wrong or what is going wrong with the installation.

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hey, go here and install this. Once it's installed, go to your downloads folder and rerun the program, problem solved. 

 

Edit: I made an account for this ^-^
 

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  On 7/16/2019 at 2:36 PM, diesieben07 said:

Why did you not mention this in the first place? Your first post says it does "nothing", which is obviously not true...

Make sure you have Java installed, if you do, you can run Jarfix to fix the jar-file association.

 

Not really relevant here.

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looking back at my first post I definitely should have been more descriptive. so I downloaded Java and tried to download Jarfix and it said that I didn't have Java installed.....

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  On 7/16/2019 at 6:42 PM, Luna510050 said:

so I tried redownloading again and the first picture is what I saw and Java shows up in the start menu so I assume it's done

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There is only one good way to know if java is well installed...

Go in your windows command prompt and type java -version

can you send me a screen of what you'll get ?

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  On 7/16/2019 at 7:02 PM, uiytt said:

There is only one good way to know if java is well installed...

Go in your windows command prompt and type java -version

can you send me a screen of what you'll get ?

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so I did not know what windows command prompt was either, so I looked it up and did what they said and typed java-version and I got the first picture, but then I realized I typed it in wrong and retyped it and got the 2nd picture

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Ok now, the installer in .jar should have the java logo on it.

When you double click on it, it should open a white window, is it the case here ?

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  On 7/16/2019 at 8:14 PM, uiytt said:

Ok now, the installer in .jar should have the java logo on it.

When you double click on it, it should open a white window, is it the case here ?

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unfortunately it does not. it has the internet explorer logo on it. and when I open it this is what I see (2nd pic)

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  On 7/16/2019 at 8:14 PM, uiytt said:

Ok now, the installer in .jar should have the java logo on it.

When you double click on it, it should open a white window, is it the case here ?

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thank you for explaining it to me! I was able to figure the rest out myself

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Why does my forge (1.12.2 and 1.15.2) not open the installer when I click it??

Please help. my laptop is a dell make.

My friends laptop is a Lenovo make, why does Lenovo makes work but dell makes don't? please help!

I'm on windows and I have java edition then why isn't it working!? 

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