Minecraft launcher not opening at all.

Hey, so I was using Minecraft perfectly before with friends, but now for some reason it isn't opening at all. It will go on fresh restart to update, and i see all the game files there, but it will not open at all.

I have tried restarting my pc, and no dice. I've also tried running as administrator, and in windows 8 and windows 7 compatibility, nothing works. 

I'd like to play the game with my friends, since I've had it for ages and it was working at least a few weeks ago.

I have no clue how or what to try in order to fix this but I would like to play the game with friends, so if a fix is available or if this is already known, can one assist me with getting mine fixed.

Thanks.

~Ray.