Known Issues with Minecraft: Education Edition

While we hope that no bugs slip through into the products we ship, we are a team of humans and inevitably we won’t be able to catch all issues. Here is a list of what we know is out there:

Current Issues (last updated 9/18/2018)

Minecraft Education Edition Game Client

Players join copied worlds with OP permissions in multiplayer

• Versions Impacted:Windows 10, MacOS, iPad
• Workaround: Export the world and then import
• Status: Known issue to be fixed in next release

Selecting hyperlinks in full screen loses multiplayer connection

• Versions Impacted: Windows 10 MacOS
• Workaround: Select hyperlinks out of full screen mode
• Status: We are investigating options at this time

Worlds download from Internet Explorer as .zip files

• Versions Impacted: Windows 10
• Workaround: Download the world as a .zip file and rename as .mcworld
• Status: We are investigating options at this time

Windows on version 1.4, MacOS on 1.4.1 are the same

• Versions Impacted: Windows 10 and MacOS
• Workaround: There is no workaround the versions are the same, just different numbers
• Status: We are investigating options at this time

Fixed inventory in tutorial world, not in actual game

• Versions impacted: 1.4.0, Windows 10 MacOS
• Workaround: There is no workaround at this time
  
• Status: This is a known issue and we will fix in the next release

Users on Windows 10N may experience crashing

• Version Impacted: All versions, Windows 10N
• Workaround: Run Windows Media prior to opening the game
• Status: This is a known issue and we are actively working to implement a solution

Code Connection

Not Available on iOS

• Versions Impacted: iOS devices
• Workaround: None at this time
• Status: This is a known issue and we are actively working to implement a solution

Classroom Mode

Not Available on iPad

• Versions Impacted: iPad devices
• Workaround: None at this time
• Status: This is a known issue and we are actively working to implement a solution

Teachers can only open one instance of Classroom Mode on macOS

• Version Impacted: All versions, macOS only.
• Workaround: After your first instance of CM is opened, go to Applications > Utilities > Terminal In that window, type: open -n -a “Classroom Mode for Minecraft”.
• Status: This issue is set to be fixed in the next release.

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Additional Resources

• What’s New in Minecraft: Education Edition 
  
• Download Minecraft Education Edition and companion apps
• Installing Minecraft: Education Edition 
  
• Basic Troubleshooting