If you see Minecraft failed to download file, The file contents differ from what was expected in Minecraft launcher, use these fixes ...

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.

Make to run the game afterwards to check if clearing of the Microsoft Store cache helps to fix Minecraft error 0x803f8001. Fix #7: Use the old Minecraft launcher.

If you encounter a missing profile public key error, you may want to close down your game and launcher and run it again in vanilla before re-connecting to a server.

As previously noted, these fixes aren't guaranteed to eliminate the Minecraft "waiting on install" error, but they should give you a very good chance to get rid of it so you can install the game ...

Want to know how to fix the 'Minecraft for Windows Incompatible With Launcher' error? Here is everything you need to know.