Can't even load the mod-pack(s) on the launcher screen.

[CJCutrone9]

Hey all, having a little trouble getting the launcher to work. I click on the button, to get it started and the "Please wait while modpacks are being loaded" message appears. The modpacks never load. I looked and saw this code on the code screen and am wondering what is wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

http://pastebin.com/A8jMGuVS

 

[Meldiron]

Are you using a firewall?

 

[CJCutrone9]

Not that I know of, I do use Norton Internet Security, but it tells me if it blocks things and it says "FTB-Launcher is safe and secured" so it shouldn't be blocking it...

 

[Meldiron]

Could you locate the menu called "security history" in norton and look trough the logs there to see if you can find anything related?
Or try disabling it for a moment and then running the launcher?

 

[Ashzification]

Turning Norton off ( or getting rid of it and getting avast instead ) usually works

 

[CJCutrone9]

Sorry for not responding, but.. I got on a user without Norton enabled, and the modpacks loaded, but right when it loaded it froze...

 

[Ashzification]

Norton sometimes has a problem being turned off, try uninstalling it then downloading and running for the first time.

 

[CJCutrone9]

Can't, not my computer.... And the owner won't allow that tp happen... Any other options?

 

[Ashzification]

I can provide a list of reasons why avast! is a better anti-virus, but that's about all I can do.
Try allowing the program, disabling norton, then running the launcher as admin?

Edit:
there's a lot that can cause your error (java.net.SocketException: Permission denied: connect)
But before going into the more involved fixes (also far less common) I need to rule out Norton. Or any other firewalls you may be behind.

 

[Meldiron]

Lets try a fix from another thread.
Make a folder directly in the C drive and name it FTB, download the exe launcher from the FTB site and place it in the folder.
Now make a new text document (txt) and open it in notepad.
Copy the following into that file.

mkdir C:\FTB
"C:\program files\java\jre7\bin\java.exe" -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Xmx1G -jar C:\FTB\ftb_launcher.exe

Then rename the file to FTB.bat and try to run it.