My Minecraft Launcher only says "Play Demo"

Tim_e310 · Jul 1, 2022

I got nearly the same issue like this one:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/all/my-minecraft-launcher-only-says-play-demo/9718cc64-e160-44d9-977d-f655cb89043e

I played Minecraft for the whole last week and it worked all properly without any problems. Since yesterday in the morning my minecraft launcher didnt get any connection to the internet and it said to me play offline (picture 1). Worked all fine and i could still join online servers in minecraft until the evening around 4pm. Then i got an error when i tried to join any server "Failed to login: Invalid session (Try to restart your game) (picture 2 - another language). We all know this problem, you restart the game and the problem got fixed, but this time i restarted the game multiple times, i closed the game through the task manager and restarted my pc multiple times as well. I logged out with my microsoft account in the minecraft launcher and relogged back with the same account. Since then it only sais "Play Demo" (picture 3)

Just for the info: I bought the game many years ago with an mojang account and migrated the account successfully to an microsoft account over 7 months ago (i still have the email). I tried nearly all the points that are mentioned in the first link but nothing helped for me. I already tried the Windows 7/8 launcher, i tried to install the game through the microsoft store but its not working.

Fun fact: I even cant login to minecraft.net because of another error (picture 4). I tried 3 different webbrowser but no one works. But i can login to the microsoft website and the microsoft store and so on.

This all dont make any sense for my brain... its very annoying

Can someone help me?

:)

Lucas Lauer

You're welcome! I'm glad it worked.

If you have any other question, please let me know. If you don't, have a great week.

Lucas Lauer

I understand. I'd recommend you to create another local account on your PC:

Press Win+R Keys.

Type netplwiz and press Enter.

Click Add button.

Click Sign in without a Microsoft Account. If you do not see that option, disconnect from the Internet.

Click Local account if prompted.

Type the username you want, and the password. You must also specify a hint. Click Next.

Click Finish.

Make the new local account an admin account:

Select Start > Settings > Accounts > Family & Other Users > Select the Account Owner Name (you should see "Local account" below the name) > Change Account Type.

Select Administrator, and then select OK.

Sign in with the new Administrator Account.

After that:

Go to Start > Type Services > Open it.

Find all Xbox Services (Xbox Accessory Management Service, Live Auth Manager, Live Game Save, Live Networking Service). Right Click > Properties> Set the startup type to Automatic. Also Start them.

Go to Start > Settings > Accounts > Sign-in Options > Privacy > Uncheck "Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device and reopen my apps after an update and restart."

Restart your PC.

See if you are logged into Microsoft Store with the correct account and try to launch Minecraft again.

woahitsgabe

Somehow that worked. Thank you!

kevin guerra1

a garbage answer, nothing to do with the issue at all.

woahitsgabe

The new local account, when I downloaded minecraft onto it, ran everything just fine, no account login. It did not fix the issue on my main profile though.

My Minecraft Launcher only says "Play Demo"