IntelliJ IDEA “The selected directory is not a valid home for JDK”

Question

I just installed IntelliJ IDEA and I\'m trying to set it up. I\'ve gotten to the part where I need to select my home directory for my JDK.

I tried navigating to my J

Answer 1

This error occurs because if you choosing the path deep in JDK or JRE. The exact path that should be chosen is in my case 64 bit

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_91

if 32 bit

C:\Program Files (86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_91