Well, I ended up searching for an finding MagicLauncher and installed it. It worked perfectly and I was able to run the OpiFine version of my jar too. Sadly, the official Minecraft launcher doesn't work on my system.
Oh well, time to see if I can find the MiniMap mod I loved from Tekkit and FTB!
Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers.
One who does not vote has no right to complain.”
Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it.