Fix the Minecraft Black Screen glitch on startup or launch or when in fullscreen, on Windows 11/10 using these working solutions.

Don't let the Minecraft OpenGL Error 1281 on Windows PC ruin your gaming experience. Use these workarounds to fix the problem quickly.

While Minecraft graphics are quite basic, they do require OpenGL graphics API to load chunks and other graphical components like shadows and lighting.

By Grace July 22, 2021 August 28, 2023 This post highlights a few potential solutions to a problem on Minecraft Windows 10 error: org.lwjgl.LWJGL Exception: Pixel format not accelerated.

On Windows 11, if you're experiencing screen flickering, it's either an incompatible app or an issue with the display driver, which you can fix with these instructions.

If you're missing drivers on Windows 11, there are plenty of options to correct errors between Windows Update and manually handling it.