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 have faced the same problem and in my case, just right click and "Run as administrator", everything works fine.

P.S. I am using Windows 10 in our company's domain.

Answer 2

If you are installing Intellij Idea on a 32 bit System - the JDK will not come within the bundle.

To fix this issue follow the steps below :

1.Uninstall the installed Intellij IDEA

2.Download and install JDK SE 8 from this link : https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-javase8-2177648.html

3.Install Intellij IDEA

Viola !

Answer 3

I had this issue when trying to start PHPStorm via the command line (add the phpstorm bin folder to your path, and you should be able to do eg phpstorm.exe .) - my local installed worked fine.

see also https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/working-with-the-ide-features-from-command-line.html:

Add the path to the PhpStorm bin folder to the Path environment variable (for example, C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PhpStorm\bin). After you configured the Path environment variable, you can run the PhpStorm commands.

adding the path to the jdk PHPStorm comes bundled with as JAVA_HOME (setx JAVA_HOME "C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\PhpStorm 2019.1\jre64") doesn't solve the issue as the default phpstorm.exe tries to find a 32-bit jdk

I needed to specifically use the 64-bit phpstorm application
phpstorm64.exe .

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

Can be several reasons:

1). Check that your jdk-byte architecture is the same as your os-byte. So, 32-nit architecture needs 32-bit jdk, 64 bit architecture needs 64 bit jdk.

2). If you're running a 64-bit architecture, use (idea64.exe, phpstorm64.exe, etc.). On the 32-bit architecture use (idea.exe, phpstorm.exe, etc), to launch intelli-j products from the command line or terminal.

Answer 6

To fix I didn't need to touch my environment variables.

I fixed that issue by installing/re-installing the latest PHPStorm version choosing the option to keep old settings, logging out from Windows and logging back in.