Would love to try this out as my kids love Minecraft (when played at friend's houses) but: "Step 1 - Install Minecraft" I can't get Minecraft to work on my Wi

Would love to try this out as my kids love Minecraft (when played at friend's houses) but: "Step 1 - Install Minecraft" I can't get Minecraft to work on my Windows laptop. Minecraft crashes after a few seconds with a Java error: "Java (tm) Platform Binary SE has stopped working" Tried searching for a cause and tried everything I could find. Perhaps someone here has some suggestions? EDIT: Re downvotes: that will teach me to post a half finished piece while I went to check on actual Java error! Not complaining - my fault entirely for posting half-assed reply which sounded aggressive.