As I open the launcher and press play, the launcher disappears (as usual when starting the game). It then doesn't load into Minecraft, instead it waits for me to close the 'MinecraftLauncher' files in the 'task manager' and then it will work. I then load into any Minecraft server, and then I see that player skins aren't working. Everyone is Steve and Alex. This is obviously a bug and I have even un-installed and re-installed the launcher.

• The first image shows what the players look like... all Steve and Alex.
• The second image shows what happens if I don't close the MinecraftLauncher files in Task Manager.