Error Launching Idea. Failed to load JVM DLL C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_112

Question

Whenever I open IntelliJ IDEA i get this error:

but I have that defined and I don\'t know why it wont work:

Any help accepted.

Answer 1

I fixed this issue by:

1. Setting the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the location of the JDK I wanted to use e.g. C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_171
2. Replacing any paths referring to Java e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\java\jdk1.8.0_112\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll in Path with %JAVA_HOME%\bin as suggested by DimaSan
3. Removing the following from the System variables path C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath

The last step was crucial for me, this was overriding JAVA_HOME.