Failed to complete Gradle execution (new project) - java home different

Question

I downloaded Android Studio version [build 135.1653844] and created a new project. I am getting an error:

Failed to complete Gradle execution.
Cause:
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Answer 1

Though I did not find the root cause where the different javaHomes have been taken from, at least I found a workaround that worked for me:

Try setting the following in your gradle.properties (either in %USERPROFILE%\.gradle\ or in your project build dir):

org.gradle.java.home=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_45\jre