Before we get started with the steps, first try and reinstall Minecraft to ensure there are no corrupt files causing issues. Make sure you save your worlds properly so you don't lose any progress.

A lot of Windows users, when trying to open Java-based applications such as Minecraft, are seeing the following error message. A problem caused the program to stop ...

Add or Remove Programs entry for Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 6. Java SE consists of a virtual machine, which must be used to run Java programs, together with a set of libraries (or "packages") ...