I've seen a bunch of people saying this but none of the solutions have worked. I'm running Windows 10, I had Java Runtime 8 (121), uninstalled it over 6 times, rebooted each time and reinstalled. I even went back an update for Java. My game still crashes. It doesn't even pop up the game, it just crashes before it even opens.
Here's the crash log that I get on the new launcher
And here's the one I get on the older launcher:
For anyone wondering, my PC runs every other game I own perfectly (including Doom and Alien Isolation) so it doesn't seem to be anything wrong with my computer's capabilities.
Best Answer
The two important parts of your crash log are:
and
This is a known issue (though it's not a bug in Minecraft). The file atio6axx.dll is what Minecraft uses to talk to AMD/Radeon brands of video cards, and when it causes an
EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005)
it means that there is a problem with those graphics drivers.To fix this,