I've had a look around teh interwebz and can't find a good fix to it, so I'll ask here. This little file, with random numbers each time, appears every time I close Minecraft. I used to have this problem with RuneScape as well, but that stopped.

 

I'm running latest Java, fully updated everything, and I've uninstalled and reinstalled Java many a time.

 

Any ideas?

When you say "appears" what do you mean?

It's a notepad file that just appears... I'll copy/paste one here.

 

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# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:

#

# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x4ba6c059, pid=1816, tid=2496

#

# JRE version: 6.0_22-b04

# Java VM: Java HotSpot Client VM (17.1-b03 mixed mode windows-x86 )

# Problematic frame:

# C [OpenAL32.dll+0xc059]

#

# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:

# http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp

#

 

--------------- T H R E A D ---------------

 

Current thread (0x48cc0800): VMThread [stack: 0x48d50000,0x48da0000] [id=2496]

 

siginfo: ExceptionCode=0xc0000005, reading address 0x4bbbbe20

 

Registers:

EAX=0x4bbbbe20, EBX=0x4ba60000, ECX=0x4bba3dc8, EDX=0x00000000

ESP=0x48d9fbf4, EBP=0x48d9fc50, ESI=0x4bba3da8, EDI=0x4bba3d78

EIP=0x4ba6c059, EFLAGS=0x00010202

 

Top of Stack: (sp=0x48d9fbf4)

0x48d9fbf4: 00000001 4bba3d78 4ba66db2 4bba3d78

0x48d9fc04: 00000000 4ba66dee 4bba3d78 4ba66e1f

0x48d9fc14: 4ba70328 4ba60000 00000000 00000001

0x48d9fc24: 9dc9bcfb 00000000 48d9fc70 001a4938

0x48d9fc34: 00000001 48d9fc24 48d9f808 48d9fcf0

0x48d9fc44: 4ba71ff0 9eb8a69b 00000000 48d9fc5c

0x48d9fc54: 4ba703d0 4ba60000 48d9fc7c 7c90118a

0x48d9fc64: 4ba60000 00000000 00000001 001a4938

 

Instructions: (pc=0x4ba6c059)

0x4ba6c049: c7 46 0c 01 00 00 00 e8 4f f0 ff ff 8b 46 08 59

0x4ba6c059: 8b 08 50 ff 51 08 8b 46 04 85 c0 74 06 8b 08 50

 

 

Stack: [0x48d50000,0x48da0000], sp=0x48d9fbf4, free space=13e48d9f768k

Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)

C [OpenAL32.dll+0xc059]

C [OpenAL32.dll+0x103d0]

C [ntdll.dll+0x118a]

C [ntdll.dll+0x23ada]

C [kernel32.dll+0x1caae]

C [kernel32.dll+0x1cb26]

C [msvcr71.dll+0x8d04]

C [msvcr71.dll+0x8d11]

V [jvm.dll+0x2002bd]

V [jvm.dll+0x1ff5ee]

V [jvm.dll+0x1ff910]

V [jvm.dll+0x1ffd02]

V [jvm.dll+0x185f3c]

C [msvcr71.dll+0x9565]

C [kernel32.dll+0xb729]

 

VM_Operation (0x4970f710): Exit, mode: safepoint, requested by thread 0x490c4400

 

 

--------------- P R O C E S S ---------------

 

Java Threads: ( => current thread )

0x491bc400 JavaThread "Resource download thread" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=796, stack(0x49710000,0x49760000)]

0x48d0f000 JavaThread "Thread-11" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=3900, stack(0x4ba10000,0x4ba60000)]

0x48d48400 JavaThread "Thread-10" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1612, stack(0x4b9c0000,0x4ba10000)]

0x4a8fc400 JavaThread "Thread-9" [_thread_blocked, id=3780, stack(0x4b970000,0x4b9c0000)]

0x4a92e400 JavaThread "Thread-8" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=2116, stack(0x4b920000,0x4b970000)]

0x49152800 JavaThread "Timer hack thread" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2532, stack(0x49950000,0x499a0000)]

0x003a6800 JavaThread "DestroyJavaVM" [_thread_blocked, id=3516, stack(0x009c0000,0x00a10000)]

0x490c4400 JavaThread "AWT-EventQueue-0" [_thread_blocked, id=2992, stack(0x496c0000,0x49710000)]

0x49038000 JavaThread "AWT-Shutdown" [_thread_blocked, id=3348, stack(0x492b0000,0x49300000)]

0x4902b800 JavaThread "Java2D Disposer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=3120, stack(0x49260000,0x492b0000)]

0x48cdf400 JavaThread "Low Memory Detector" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=3296, stack(0x48f30000,0x48f80000)]

0x48cd8800 JavaThread "CompilerThread0" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=3036, stack(0x48ee0000,0x48f30000)]

0x48cd7000 JavaThread "Attach Listener" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2576, stack(0x48e90000,0x48ee0000)]

0x48cd5c00 JavaThread "Signal Dispatcher" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1596, stack(0x48e40000,0x48e90000)]

0x48cc7c00 JavaThread "Finalizer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2368, stack(0x48df0000,0x48e40000)]

0x48cc3000 JavaThread "Reference Handler" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2720, stack(0x48da0000,0x48df0000)]

 

Other Threads:

=>0x48cc0800 VMThread [stack: 0x48d50000,0x48da0000] [id=2496]

 

VM state:at safepoint (shutting down)

 

VM Mutex/Monitor currently owned by a thread: ([mutex/lock_event])

[0x003a56c8] Threads_lock - owner thread: 0x48cc0800

 

Heap

def new generation total 157248K, used 103509K [0x02a90000, 0x0d530000, 0x17fe0000)

eden space 139776K, 74% used [0x02a90000, 0x08fa5598, 0x0b310000)

from space 17472K, 0% used [0x0b310000, 0x0b310000, 0x0c420000)

to space 17472K, 0% used [0x0c420000, 0x0c420000, 0x0d530000)

tenured generation total 349568K, used 0K [0x17fe0000, 0x2d540000, 0x42a90000)

the space 349568K, 0% used [0x17fe0000, 0x17fe0000, 0x17fe0200, 0x2d540000)

compacting perm gen total 12288K, used 10940K [0x42a90000, 0x43690000, 0x46a90000)

the space 12288K, 89% used [0x42a90000, 0x4353f140, 0x4353f200, 0x43690000)

No shared spaces configured.

 

Dynamic libraries:

0x00400000 - 0x00424000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javaw[Caution: Executable File]

0x7c900000 - 0x7c9b2000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll

0x7c800000 - 0x7c8f6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll

0x77dd0000 - 0x77e6b000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll

0x77e70000 - 0x77f03000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll

0x77fe0000 - 0x77ff1000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\Secur32.dll

0x7e410000 - 0x7e4a1000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll

0x77f10000 - 0x77f59000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll

0x76390000 - 0x763ad000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.DLL

0x7c340000 - 0x7c396000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\msvcr71.dll

0x6d7f0000 - 0x6da97000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\client\jvm.dll

0x76b40000 - 0x76b6d000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll

0x6d7a0000 - 0x6d7ac000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\verify.dll

0x6d320000 - 0x6d33f000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\java.dll

0x6d280000 - 0x6d288000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\hpi.dll

0x76bf0000 - 0x76bfb000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL

0x6d7e0000 - 0x6d7ef000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\zip.dll

0x6d000000 - 0x6d14a000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\awt.dll

0x73000000 - 0x73026000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINSPOOL.DRV

0x77c10000 - 0x77c68000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll

0x774e0000 - 0x7761e000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll

0x773d0000 - 0x774d3000 C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.6028_x-ww_61e65202\COMCTL32.dll

0x77f60000 - 0x77fd6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll

0x5ad70000 - 0x5ada8000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll

0x6d230000 - 0x6d27f000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\fontmanager.dll

0x74720000 - 0x7476c000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll

0x755c0000 - 0x755ee000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\msctfime.ime

0x77c00000 - 0x77c08000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll

0x68000000 - 0x68036000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsaenh.dll

0x769c0000 - 0x76a74000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USERENV.dll

0x5b860000 - 0x5b8b5000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\netapi32.dll

0x6d600000 - 0x6d613000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\net.dll

0x71ab0000 - 0x71ac7000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll

0x71aa0000 - 0x71aa8000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll

0x71a50000 - 0x71a8f000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\mswsock.dll

0x76f20000 - 0x76f47000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll

0x76fb0000 - 0x76fb8000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll

0x76f60000 - 0x76f8c000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll

0x76fc0000 - 0x76fc6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll

0x6d620000 - 0x6d629000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\nio.dll

0x77120000 - 0x771ab000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.DLL

0x662b0000 - 0x66308000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll

0x71a90000 - 0x71a98000 C:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll

0x49a30000 - 0x49a9b000 C:\Documents and Settings\Craig\Application Data\.minecraft\bin\natives\lwjgl.dll

0x5ed00000 - 0x5edcc000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\OPENGL32.dll

0x68b20000 - 0x68b40000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\GLU32.dll

0x73760000 - 0x737ab000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\DDRAW.dll

0x73bc0000 - 0x73bc6000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\DCIMAN32.dll

0x6d350000 - 0x6d356000 C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jawt.dll

0x69500000 - 0x6a209000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvoglnt.dll

0x4b670000 - 0x4b683000 C:\Documents and Settings\Craig\Application Data\.minecraft\bin\natives\jinput-dx8.dll

0x6ce10000 - 0x6ce48000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\DINPUT8.dll

0x688f0000 - 0x688f9000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\HID.DLL

0x77920000 - 0x77a13000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL

0x76c30000 - 0x76c5e000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll

0x77a80000 - 0x77b15000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll

0x77b20000 - 0x77b32000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll

0x76c90000 - 0x76cb8000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll

0x4b8f0000 - 0x4b902000 C:\Documents and Settings\Craig\Application Data\.minecraft\bin\natives\jinput-raw.dll

0x4ba60000 - 0x4bb89000 C:\Documents and Settings\Craig\Application Data\.minecraft\bin\natives\OpenAL32.dll

0x7c9c0000 - 0x7d1d7000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll

0x73f10000 - 0x73f6c000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\dsound.dll

0x72d20000 - 0x72d29000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv

0x72d10000 - 0x72d18000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv

0x77be0000 - 0x77bf5000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll

0x77bd0000 - 0x77bd7000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll

0x73ee0000 - 0x73ee4000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll

 

VM Arguments:

jvm_args: -Xms512m -Xmx1024m

java_command: C:\Documents and Settings\Craig\Application Data\.minecraft\Minecraft[Caution: Executable File]

Launcher Type: SUN_STANDARD

 

Environment Variables:

PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin

USERNAME=Craig

OS=Windows_NT

PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 6 Stepping 4, GenuineIntel

 

 

 

--------------- S Y S T E M ---------------

 

OS: Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 3

 

CPU:total 2 (2 cores per cpu, 1 threads per core) family 15 model 6 stepping 4, cmov, cx8, fxsr, mmx, sse, sse2, sse3

 

Memory: 4k page, physical 1048044k(18388k free), swap 2994884k(1213696k free)

 

vm_info: Java HotSpot Client VM (17.1-b03) for windows-x86 JRE (1.6.0_22-b04), built on Sep 15 2010 00:56:36 by "java_re" with MS VC++ 7.1 (VS2003)

 

time: Sat Nov 13 10:16:38 2010

elapsed time: 32 seconds

 

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If it's any consolation, I'm still finding them in my Runescape directory. I've gotten 19 of them since I started my topic on 29 October.

 

I just browsed them all, and they all point to mshtml.dll

 

I'm no closer to an answer, but I feel your pain.

 

#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x3d0e9851, pid=2208, tid=1360
#
# JRE version: 6.0_22-b04
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (17.1-b03 mixed mode windows-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# C  [mshtml.dll+0x249851]
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#

Yeah, a while ago, my RuneScape just occasionally died and left that on the desktop, it stopped after a while, though. But Minecraft has always set it off. D:

The key line is

# C [OpenAL32.dll+0xc059]

 

The file OpenAl32.dll is the source of your problems. To be honest I have no idea what program that file is associated with so that's as much as I have, sorry.

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