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

Nothing of the other solutions work for me on IntelliJ 2019.2 which starts to use JDK 11 on boot, so I have to resolve it on my own.

Open C:\Users\.IdeaIC2019.2\config\idea64.exe.jdk and edit it to be:

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_131

Restart IDE.

As documented on https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/switching-boot-jdk.html

Note: the path on your machine may be different.