minecraft error while launching 0x1

Question

so i wanted to play some minecraft i have an microsoft account with it and i logged in and stuff and while going into minecraft launcher it just gets the error 0x1

Answer 1

Dear kavrikeew, 

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Q&A. 

It sounds frustrating to run into error code 0x1 when launching Minecraft with your Microsoft account! 

To fix this issue, you can try following some steps below:  

1. Go to Start > Control Panel > Uninstall a program 
2. Select Minecraft in the list 
3. Right-click it then select Uninstall 
4. After uninstall process finished, you can re-install Minecraft at Download Minecraft & Server Software | Minecraft 
5. You can also re-install Minecraft from Microsoft Store

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Bryan Vu - MSFT | Microsoft Q&A Support Specialist