Minecraft – Fix Internal Exception: Java.iO.IOException: An Existing connection was forcibly closed

What’s up guys in this short tutorial i will show you how to fix the internal exception error you are getting when trying to connect to a server by playing overland or after having played on a public server this error message represents an issue with a network connection from your computer

To the minecraft server this issue is hard to find and even harder to fix since it can be caused by any network provider on that long way between your computer and the server first of all i suggest making sure that you’re using a reliable network connection test your connection on speedtest.net

Or by using their browser extension everything you need will be listed in the description below make sure that you have a stable up and down speed as well as a latency below 100 milliseconds in case you’re experiencing an unreliable connection then make sure to restart your router or

Modem if you haven’t done this in a while and reduce the amount of devices using the same network connection next open up your task manager here navigate to your resource monitor as you can see in the video in the network tab open the processors with network activity

And after a few seconds you will see every process using your network connection this might be your browser running in the background steam or a download bottlenecking your connection i suggest you to only add the processes which you know won’t break your operating system below you can also preview your network

Utilization in percent you can close these windows when you’re done this error can also occur when your player files are corrupted issues with your firewall or anti-virus application when java is not installed or not up to date or and players are using different game versions to play on the same server

Make sure that your java version is up to date by visiting this page here select to download the free 64-bit java update which should be installed to your system when trying to play the minecraft java edition next we will change your dns server address in case the error is still

Caused by your network connection use the shortcut windows key and r and in this dialog box enter control and hit enter this will open up your control center from here navigate to network and internet network and sharing center and here select your connection this will open up this window containing

Some general information about your connection navigate to properties and lastly double-click the internet protocol version 4. select to use the following dns server addresses option and as your preferred dns server use 8888 and does your alternate dns server use 8844 this will for a lot of users fix the

Error when joining a server as these are the official public dns server addresses from google which are safe to use in case the problem persists then your game files might be corrupted in order to fix this open up your minecraft launcher here under installations simply select to create a new installation

With the game version of the server you’re trying to join in case you’re unsure about the server version then visit this page here you can get striving information about the server you’re failing to connect to simply enter the service ip address select get service status and you’ll be presented with the player counter

Current version and so on this can in turn help you determine if the error is server-sided or because of your own connection as a last resort you should make sure that your anti-virus application is not blocking parts of the software troubleshoot this step by turning it off before starting up minecraft

I hope this helped you out leave a comment if you have any questions and see you in the next one