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 had the same problem - My solution was slightly different.

I needed to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64)

Hope this helps someone else!

Answer 2

Solved it by running Android studio as admin.

Just Check on that path if the jvm.dll is present just run Android studio as administrator.

Answer 3

Change the following value from your Path system variable:

C:\Program Files (x86)\java\jdk1.8.0_112\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll

to:

%JAVA_HOME%\bin

Also make sure there are no any other references to Java folders in the Path variable.

Answer 4

Actually i had installed the Android Studio canary version, and created a short cut of 32-bit on 64-bit windows operating system,

resolved by starting 64-bit version of Android Studio

Answer 5

In my case, this error appeared after signing in to Microsoft account (I use Windows 10). When I logged out, the error dissapeared.

Answer 6

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.