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How to post your logs to get help
Notice: macOS Tutorial moved to How to post your logs to get help (macOS)
You have to post links to your logs so people will be able to help you when asking for support.
Minecraft Launcher
The latest log file name is latest.log
The crash logs filenames will have the pattern crash-yyyy-mm-dd_hh.mm.ss-client.txt or crash-yyyy-mm-dd_hh.mm.ss-server.txt
Minecraft Launcher - Custom "Game Directory"
If the installation that is crashing has a custom “Game Directory” the log files will be located inside the custom “Game Directory” of the Installation.
The latest log can be found in customGameDirectory\logs\
The latest crash log can be found in the folder customGameDirectory\crash-reports\
Do not drag and drop the log file into Discord! See: Upload your log
Minecraft Launcher - Default "Game Directory"
FINDING THE MINECRAFT APPLICATION FOLDER:
Windows: Press Win+R and type %appdata%\.minecraft and press Ok
Linux: ~/.minecraft or /home/<your username>/.minecraft/
The latest log can be found in .minecraft\logs\
The latest crash log can be found in the folder .minecraft\crash-reports
Do not drag and drop the log file into Discord! See: Upload your log
CF Launcher and others
CF launcher by default installs Minecraft instances in:
C:\Users\username\curseforge\Minecraft\Instances\instancename\
GD Launcher by default installs Minecraft instances in:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\gdlauncher_next\instances\instancename\
Do not drag and drop the log file into Discord! See: Upload your log
MultiMC
Use the Upload button on the top right side of the instance Console window, in the Minecraft Log Tab to upload your log and post the link copied to your clipboard.
Upload your log
Do not drag and drop the log file into Discord! Use a paste service, then post the link to the paste in Discord chat.
Open the log file, copy the contents to the clipboard, and paste them in a paste, for example:
- https://gist.github.com/: 100MB Requires member (Free)
- https://pastebin.com/: 512KB as guest, 10MB as Pro ($$$)
- https://hastebin.com/ 400KB
- https://paste.ee/: 1MB as guest, 6MB as member (Free)
- https://paste.gg/: 15MB
Once you submit the paste, you can use the paste URL in the Fabric Discord so others can help you