A security flaw discovered in Minecraft's code that could give perpetrators the ability to crash servers remotely has been fixed via a patch by Mojang. Update: Mojang has released an update to ...

Reinstalling Java can help solve the issue (Image via Microsoft) Since Minecraft Java Edition relies heavily on the Java platform, corrupted or mismatched Java files can lead to crashes.

If you have come across the Exit Code 1 error on Minecraft that causes the game to crash when loading it, here's what you can do to fix it.