Forge not opening

[Taylor_Schaiper]

I have minecraft downloaded, I have Java downloaded, and I have the Forge downloaded. I double click it to open it, a blue loading circle pops up for a split second before disappearing and nothing happens. I've been all over the internet in search of help, including Jarfix, but it continues to do exactly what it did originally. I've downloaded Forge and everything successfully on a previous computer that was the exact same brand that I'm currently using and running on Windows 10. I'd appreciate any help or suggestions, I've just had a need to play some modded minecraft without any luck.

[DaemonUmbra]

If you run it from the command line, what shows up?

[Taylor_Schaiper]

I’m sorry, I don’t know what that means.

Edited May 3, 2020 by Taylor_Schaiper

[Ugdhar]

  On 5/3/2020 at 4:50 AM, Taylor_Schaiper said:

I’m sorry, I don’t know what that means.

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https://windowsreport.com/jar-file-windows/#2

Edited May 3, 2020 by Ugdhar

[Taylor_Schaiper]

When I try to open Forge like that, it still won't open. I asked my little brother how he'd successfully downloaded mods (on the same computer, different accounts) and he told me he downloaded modpacks through twitch since he had the same issue.

[DavidM]

Please post the results from opening the file via the command line.

[Taylor_Schaiper]

The results are as if I never executed the action. I’ve done it several times and not once has it worked

[Taylor_Schaiper]

[DavidM]

That would be opening the file directly. You were told to open the file from the command line. Please do that.

Just in case you are unsure how to open via command line: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5774970/run-jar-file-in-command-prompt

Edited May 7, 2020 by DavidM

[Taylor_Schaiper]

If it's too difficult to see, it reads, "Error: Unable to access jarfile forge-1.15.2-31.1.12-launcher.jar"

[Taylor_Schaiper]

Yes, it is

[Ugdhar]

  On 5/7/2020 at 7:32 PM, Taylor_Schaiper said:

Yes, it is

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I see it on the desktop though.

Show the output of the command "dir" please

 

*also, you want the installer, not the launcher.

Edited May 7, 2020 by Ugdhar

[Taylor_Schaiper]

That might've been the issue. I'm currently on our second shared computer and I succfully downloaded it this time. On the other computer, it wouldn't bring me to the "Mod system installer", but it has this time. I don't know if it worked because I downloaded the installer this time or because of the different computer.