Unfortunately that didn't work. I even tried uninstalling Minecraft and re-installing it to no avail. Same message, my next thing will to uninstall and scrub any registry info on Minecraft and try again unless someone has a better idea.
I cant get an image into this reply box. Below is a link to a dropbox folder with 2 snapshots.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zhw41m3rag2mgtn/AAD1Ri5zqWEHehfl_uTDIEeca?dl=0
What happens if the "straight forward" answer doesn't work and it still comes up with the same error. I have tried 2 different versions with the same problem.