My Minecraft won't go past the "Play" button because it crashes.

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What I expected to happen was...:
the game would actually open.

What actually happened was...:
when I pressed play there was a notification that told me to update my graphics device. So I did. Now, the notification doesn't show up but my Minecraft still crashes when I press "Play."

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