Talk:Tutorials/Installing a snapshot

Help
I have old laptop and I download snapshot 12w23a. When I click "copy" to copy files into jar, it says "application data doesn't exist". I check. Application Data is there. I know not what is going on. Can anybody help? Sorry if poor English because I am Spanish. Thanks, Roberto Cruz.

I installed 12w34a but when I opened the game and log in, there was a screen saying "Updating minecraft" and a green bar almost full, i waited but the screen stayed like that..... HELP PLEASE!!!!!!--189.230.254.19 23:28, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

pre-1.6 snapshots on new launcher
Am I going crazy, or is it not possible to run older snapshots in the 1.6 launcher? I'm trying specifically 1.5 snapshot 13w01a. Usually I create a folder, name it, for instance, 13w01a, download the jar into the folder, name it the same, and it shows in the version list -- at least it does this for newer ones. Newer ones require the .json file of course. Is this why I can't get older ones to run? – Sealbudsman (Aaron) t/c 04:46, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Procedure is described on the page now. – Sealbudsman (Aaron) SealbudsmanFace.png t/c 17:05, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Actual Install Instructions?
Under the "Snapshots available in the launcher" section, there are instructions on how to play a snapshot, but it doesn't say anything about how to actually install a snapshot. Information such as where the file goes and other actions needed, if any, would be helpful here. I would edit the page myself, but I came to the Wiki today to learn how to install a snapshot (I am new to Minecraft), so I have no information with which to make the necessary edit. I would really appreciate it if someone who does know how to install a snapshot could please add in that information, perhaps just ahead of how to play a snapshot. Thank you. 97.113.184.191 15:21, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * If you are trying to play a snapshot that's listed in the launcher, there's nothing to install, you just pick one and play. If you are trying to play a snapshot that doesn't appear in the launcher, refer to the section Tutorials/How_to_install_a_snapshot. Does that section have the instructions you were looking for? – Sealbudsman talk/contr 15:37, 3 April 2017 (UTC)