Somewhat confusingly, there was an old launcher called 'Minecraft Unified Launcher', which was specifically for Windows 7 and 8 and only launched Java Edition and Minecraft Dungeons.

Minecraft players struggle to play Java Edition with the new Launcher causing log-in difficulties and long download times.

Unofficial Minecraft Launcher for Windows 98 is now available on C++ Only versions 1.5.2 or older recommended; Java 8 needed for versions 1.8.9+ Voodoo 3 GPU reportedly hits 20FPS on Minecraft ...

Mojang has released yet another Minecraft 1.19.2 update for Java Edition. This is the second incremental update released soon after the first that brought in several changes and bug fixes.

If you see Minecraft failed to download file, The file contents differ from what was expected in Minecraft launcher, use these fixes ...

Open the Microsoft Store, locate Minecraft Launcher and click on the Get button to download and install the launcher to your computer. Restart your computer, then launch the game to see if the ...