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I recently got Minecraft but not from the website, I paid for a code and everything seemed ok. When I tried to play the game a thing came up saying it crashed and then a message popped up saying The game crashed whilst initializing game

Error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: GLFW error 65542: WGL: The driver does not appear to support OpenGL.

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    Which website did you get this from?
    – Ben
    Commented Apr 5, 2019 at 5:35
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    "but not from the website"? You should never buy Minecraft anywhere else than on minecraft.net! Immediately refund that payment!
    – Fabian Röling
    Commented Apr 5, 2019 at 5:35
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    Well I got the code from amazon and it has worked for other people one person I know. It worked for them fine. The person I asked for help that has Minecraft said it would not matter if I got it from Minecraft.net and she also got her brother that was good with computers and it still did not work.
    – BaneBerry
    Commented Apr 5, 2019 at 5:49
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    Using gift cards or buying it directly is just a matter of personal taste. The game would still be the same. Just don't buy it on some 3rd party key stores and only download the game from minecraft.net.
    – dly
    Commented Apr 5, 2019 at 7:11
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    Just to be clear - did you download the game not from the website, or did you buy a code not from the website and then download the game from the website?
    – Criticizing Israel not allowed
    Commented Apr 5, 2019 at 23:20

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It looks like your graphics card doesn't support OpenGL or your drivers are outdated.

  • For dedicated graphics cards, go to the card manufacturer's site (Nvidia, AMD etc.) and download the driver for your card and OS.
  • For integrated graphics, go to your motherboard manufacturer's site and download the driver for your motherboard and OS. Make sure you download the correct driver because quite a lot of older motherboard don't have Win10 drivers for example and installing Win7 drivers will cause problems.

There's also a guide on how to upgrade your drivers on Minecraft's page.

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    @BaneBerry If using windows, you can determine what type of graphics card you have by using this question from SuperUser.SE
    – Batophobia
    Commented Apr 5, 2019 at 13:07
  • you can also find out by going to the Device Manager under Display devices i believe, or by going to your system properties in File Explorer.
    – xTerrene
    Commented Apr 6, 2019 at 20:55

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