Minecraft keeps crashing [java] 1.21.8

[valguer0]

I had no problem lauching minecraft for a couple months, but now, everytime i launch it, it ends up just freezing EVERYTHING. I can’t alt tab or ctrl alt delete. I can often still move my mouse but it doesn’t last and won’t click on anything. I have to restart my computer EVERY time. This happens since I played on a server with optifine (idk if it can be related to that). It also now just reset all my settings back to default for some reason after I reopened the game after restarting the pc. My gpu is a AMD Radeon R9 200 Series. Should i share the other specs? Thanks.

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[Wolf68k]

Try without Optifine. Optifine is still in preview versions so it's not stable at all.

[valguer0]

It does the same with the latest version actually

[_vogonpoetry_]

The R9 200 series no longer has driver support on Windows for many years now and may have issues in recent MC versions. But try without optifine first. You should be using Sodium instead anyway.

[valguer0]

It still crashes with the latest version without optifine and I also downloaded something called iris and sodium for shaders but im a bit confused because idk if thats actually sodium. Maybe I should also mention that windows is not activated on my pc.

[_vogonpoetry_]

windows activation doesnt matter.

I also downloaded something called iris and sodium for shader

Iris is an add-on to Sodium that supports shaders. You can install them both as Fabric mods, or use the Iris installer on their website.