The Place Is My Minecraft Jar File

So, we're speaking about a version of Minecraft newer than 1.5, which signifies that the game organizes its files barely otherwise.

Seeing as you'll be able to have multiple "profiles" in the newer launcher, and that they can have totally different variations, one may ask: How would possibly they manage all these totally different versions? It's actually fairly simple when you think about it. Principally, the game makes use of a folder containing a number of different folders, every of those containing a .jar and dats file for a certain model of Minecraft.

First off, navigate to the AppData folder where the Minecraft information are located. Assuming you are running Windows 7, open the file browser and seek for "%appdata%".  yourbestbet  ought to be the correct folder. Alternately, navigate to it manually by going to: "C:/Users/[your username]/AppData/Roaming". Notice that AppData is a hidden folder, so allow "Show hidden folders" if you don't have already got it enabled.

Your .minecraft folder must be positioned here; open it. There should be a folder labeled "variations", which is what we're going after. Open it and search for a folder with the same name as the Minecraft model you're looking for; in your case, it will be named "1.7.4". Inside this folder must be the jar file you are in search of.