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I switched to full screen on minecraft, the screen turned black as if it were loading it took a while so i closed minecraft and reopened it. When I logged on it gave me a program on my taskbar saying "minecraft minecraft" then when i closed the program it gave me this error message: 

java(tm) platform SE binary has stopped working.

Is there a way to fix this?

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    Why do you have to full-screen? Why not just maximize? It's pretty much the same effect. –  Dec 25 '12 at 23:52
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    i was gonna see what the difference was between full screen and maximizing it – ricexpl0x Dec 26 '12 at 00:04
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    It sounds like the difference is: full screen doesn't work. – LessPop_MoreFizz Dec 26 '12 at 00:24
  • So are you able to play, or is this preventing minecraft from running? It's not clear from the question. – SevenSidedDie Dec 26 '12 at 00:37
  • I am not able to play minecraft – ricexpl0x Dec 26 '12 at 00:39
  • Why are you not able to play Minecraft? What does full-screen have to do with Minecraft not starting? Also, it would be nice if you could give us some error logs. –  Dec 26 '12 at 01:22
  • ok so, at the beginning i went to full screen (f11) that is when it crashed. From there, when i try to login minecraft as i said it gives me a new program. When i shut it, it shuts minecraft as well and i have no idea what a error log is. Tell me what it is then i might be able to tell you – ricexpl0x Dec 26 '12 at 02:05
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    http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/903148-getting-and-identifying-error-logs/ –  Dec 26 '12 at 02:34
  • So closing this second program closes minecraft as well… What does minecraft do if you don't close the second program? – SevenSidedDie Dec 26 '12 at 08:42
  • This "second program" is just a message from Java. Java is always running when you're playing Minecraft, it just doesn't show in the active windows unless there is a problem. – SaintWacko Dec 26 '12 at 14:37
  • Related: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/79492/minecraft-keeps-crashing-when-fullscreened-on-server – SevenSidedDie Mar 14 '13 at 15:07

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Try turning off full-screen manually:

  1. Open the start menu in Windows and, in the search bar, enter 'Minecraft'. Look for the '.minecraft' directory in the search results.
  2. Find the 'options' file; it should have items on each line, such as Clouds:False and graphics: fancy.
  3. Find the line labeled fullscreen. If the value to the right of the colon says true, replace it with false. Save and close the file.
  4. Try running Minecraft again.

I hope this helps!

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  • I don't think the OP was looking for instruction on how not start Minecraft in full screen mode – Private Pansy Jan 04 '13 at 13:43
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    @YiJiang Actually, this might actually be the solution. The OP was only trying fullscreen out of curiosity—their actual problem is it broke the game. Toggling fullscreen off in the config may well allow them to play (in a window) again at all. – SevenSidedDie Jan 04 '13 at 18:31