When I start my Minecraft Launcher I get an error specifically shown below:
java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create
The full error is shown below:
[22:43:22 INFO]: JFX has been detected & successfully loaded
[22:43:24 INFO]: Refreshing local version list...
[22:43:24 INFO]: Minecraft Launcher 1.3.11 (through bootstrap 5) started on windows...
[22:43:24 INFO]: Current time is Apr 6, 2014 10:43:24 PM
[22:43:24 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
[22:43:24 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
[22:43:24 INFO]: System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
[22:43:24 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_51'
[22:43:24 INFO]: System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation' [22:43:24 INFO]: System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'
[22:43:24 INFO]: Refreshing remote version list...
[22:43:24 ERROR]: Unexpected exception refreshing version list java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create at java.net.Socket.createImpl(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at net.minecraft.launcher.Http.performGet(Http.java:56) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.RemoteVersionList.getContent(RemoteVersionList.java:26) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.VersionList.refreshVersions(VersionList.java:77) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.updater.VersionManager.refreshVersions(VersionManager.java:60) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.Launcher$1.run(Launcher.java:165) [launcher.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
[22:43:24 INFO]: Loaded 17 profile(s); selected 'Nodus'
[22:43:24 INFO]: Refreshing auth...
[22:43:24 INFO]: Logging in with access token
[22:43:24 ERROR]: Exception whilst logging into profile com.mojang.authlib.exceptions.AuthenticationUnavailableException: Cannot contact authentication server
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilAuthenticationService.makeRequest(YggdrasilAuthenticationService.java:69) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilUserAuthentication.logInWithToken(YggdrasilUserAuthentication.java:124) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilUserAuthentication.logIn(YggdrasilUserAuthentication.java:53) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.Launcher.ensureLoggedIn(Launcher.java:208) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.Launcher$1.run(Launcher.java:177) [launcher.jar:?] at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create
at java.net.Socket.createImpl(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51] at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at com.mojang.authlib.HttpAuthenticationService.performPostRequest(HttpAuthenticationService.java:73) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilAuthenticationService.makeRequest(YggdrasilAuthenticationService.java:52) ~[launcher.jar:?]
... 9 more
I kept looking for ways, and it didn't work.
Yes, I've tried
- Reinstalling/updating java.
- Messing with firewall/anti-malware stuff.
- Reinstalling the launcher.
- Getting the Windows Update
Other info you may want to know:
- I use malwarebytes to get rid of viruses because I had Adblocknwatch extension virus that couldn't be uninstalled/removed.
- When I got malwarebytes my minecraft stopped working.
- I have AT&T u-verse and my computer [WAS] port-forwarded for my server, I unport-forwarded it to see if it would fix the problem, but it didn't.
- I only have Java jre7 no higher/lower
- This was asked as of April 6th, 2014.
Here is the full bootstrap error thing:
Bootstrap (v5)
Current time is Apr 12, 2014 12:48:14 PM
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_51'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'
Looking for update
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 2/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 3/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 4/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 5/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 6/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 7/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 8/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 9/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 10/10)
Exception: java.net.SocketException: Unrecognized Windows Sockets error: 10106: create
Unable to download remote file. Check your internet connection/proxy settings.
Didn't find an update in time.
Reversing LZMA on C:\Users\Alex Chiang\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.pack.lzma to C:\Users\Alex Chiang\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.pack
Unpacking C:\Users\Alex Chiang\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.pack to C:\Users\Alex Chiang\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.jar
Best Answer
I fixed this by reinstalling Java:
and bam it worked