[MCL-17045] Game crashes directly after launch (caused by Optifine)

Moderator Note

This issue is caused by Optifine.

If you are using the beta version of the Minecraft launcher, and when you launch OptiFine it crashes, Here is the fix: https://streamable.com/zliaut.
The reason why this bug is happening is that OptiFine is looking for a minimum version of the launcher (2.2.1) The beta version is 2.2.2.

— https://twitter.com/OptiFineHelp/status/1364764657739792386

When trying to launch optifine, the game crashes immediately and i get this error: Exit code 0. This hasn't happened before with the previous launcher versions (before Feb 24th 2021), but when I tried today (Feb 24th 2021) it just doesn't work. When i use the normal (unmodded) version of minecraft, the game launches as normal.