Whenever I try to launch versions that are 1.5.2 or below, the game Windows pops up, freezes for a few moments, then gives an error on the game Window, saying Minecraft has crashed:

---- Minecraft Crash Report -------- Minecraft Crash Report ----// Surprise! Haha. Well, this is awkward.
Time: 8/2/21 7:05 PMDescription: Failed to start game
java.lang.NullPointerException at java.io.Reader.<init>(Reader.java:78) at java.io.InputStreamReader.<init>(InputStreamReader.java:97) at bp.a(SourceFile:64) at bp.a(SourceFile:100) at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:252) at avv.a(SourceFile:56) at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:507) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
– System Details --Details: Minecraft Version: 1.5.2 Operating System: Windows 10 (amd64) version 10.0 Java Version: 1.8.0_51, Oracle Corporation Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation Memory: 234489936 bytes (223 MB) / 268435456 bytes (256 MB) up to 2147483648 bytes (2048 MB) JVM Flags: 8 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx2G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:G1NewSizePercent=20 -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32M AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used Suspicious classes: No suspicious classes found. IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0 LWJGL: 2.9.0 OpenGL: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 GL version 4.6.0 - Build 30.0.100.9684, Intel Is Modded: Very likely; Jar signature invalidated Type: Client (map_client.txt) Texture Pack: Default Profiler Position: N/A (disabled) Vec3 Pool Size: ~_ERROR~ NullPointerException: null