PIN on Minecraft Launcher

Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.

I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

Hope you're doing great today PhilipLang_346

Do you know if your Windows user has a PIN enabled as a login option?
Double check this going to Settings > Accounts

If yes, please try using that PIN instead.

If not, sometimes when you enter wrongly the PIN for a couple times. The login system is going to ask you for your Microsoft password instead

Let me know how it goes to see how you can proceed, I'll be waiting for your reply

Hello Robert,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.



We understand that you are trying to switch Microsoft account in Minecraft Launcher, and you were prompted with an incorrect PIN. Just like any other apps in your PC, Windows PIN works like a device password. Windows PIN should match the same PIN when you unlock the PC. Minecraft launcher, on the other hand, sometimes requires the same credentials that is signed in on Microsoft Store and Xbox app.

• So, to ensure that you will be able to switch accounts, make sure to sign out from Minecraft launcher, Microsoft Store and Xbox app.
  
• Followed by signing back into Microsoft Store, Xbox app and Minecraft Launcher.
  
• When Windows PIN prompt, please use the Windows PIN for your PC, regardless of the account signed into the game.
  

Should issue persists, we may need assistance for this PC concern. Please post a screenshot of the issue and conceal your personal information like email address and full name.

If you have other clarifications about this matter, you can get back to us by replying to this post.



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this is definitely not an issue i hear about very often. see if these troubleshooting steps help you

1. Go to Start > Settings > Accounts > Input options.
   
2. Scroll down to the option "Require Windows Hello Sign In for Microsoft Accounts" and set it to disabled.
   
3. On the Windows Hello PIN (above), click on remove. This will remove any PIN saved on Windows Hello for the account.
   
4. If it asks for a password, confirm your Microsoft account password.
   
5. Restart your computer.
   

Thanks, you as well.

On the minecraft launcher, I click "sign in with microsoft" and it gives me a selection of accounts to choose from. First off, I can't find a way to figure out which of the accounts is the actual minecraft account.

When I try to log in to one, I type in my email and password but then it requests for me to enter my PIN.

I didn't even have a PIN for the account that I used.

Hope that helps

Hello!

It was only happening to the MC launcher, and I downloaded it from the MC website.

One of my friends gave me a download for the older MC launcher and that made the icon appear and pin-able to my desktop, but I still can't find it in my files nor will open file location on task manager work.

I can't exactly take a screenshot right now, but I can find the .minecraft folder and access that, it's just the launcher thats not in my files.