Android studio doesn't start

Question

I just download Android Studio for Windows 7, the wizard went ok up to the end but now when I click on the shortcut or on the .exe to start the program nothing happens, no e

Answer 1

There is Another Issue

http://tools.android.com/knownissues

open a "cmd.exe" (command prompt), cd to the android-studio\bin folder and run "studio.bat". You will most likely see an error: for example b/55267 is about the option -XX:+UseCodeCacheFlushing not being recognized. Report the error, remove the line from the studio.exe.vmoptions or studio64.exe.vmoptions and it should now work.

Answer 2

I got the same problem, but with no error message.

I found a studio.bat file and dig in it. There, I found some tips:

I found out thet the variable suggested in a previous post is incorrect. ANDROID_STUDIO_JDK is no good. STUDIO_JDK is the one.

Also, just to make the things/solution worst to corner, I've uninstalled jre and jdk then reinstall jdk only.

The setup variables are like this:

• JAVA_HOME is now pointing to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_172\bin
• JDK_HOME is pointing to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_172
• STUDIO_JDK is pointing to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_172

It's a mess but it's working...

Is it because I uninstalled/reinstalled java sdk and jre? or just the env. variables? who knows :)

Specs:

• i5 with 4gig ram
• win 10 32bit

Answer 3

In addition to following the steps pointed out by Tigris I also had to run the Android Studio with Administrative rights. Not sure why but I just made it in a few minutes ago.

1. Follow the steps here: http://tools.android.com/knownissues#as0.1
2. Run Android Studio as Admin

Answer 4

Make sure you have Java 1.8 (JDK) or higher and update java_home and path to this version. I did every tips but i checked AS requirements and updated jdk do 1.8.xx

Answer 5

If your path and/or environment variables are not pointing to the correct JDK, things won't work properly.

A rock solid solution, especially if you must have multiple JDKs installed (e.g. Java 6/7/8) is to create a batch file to launch Android Studio.

Create a new file called studio.bat and place this somewhere outside the Android Studio installation, e.g.

c:\mydevstuff\launchers\studio.bat

(if you put the batch file anywhere in the android-studio folder, then you'll have problems when updating Android Studio).

Put the following code in the new batch file:

@echo off

REM Can make paths relative to SCRIPT_PATH if necessary
set SCRIPT_PATH=%~dp0

set ANDROID_STUDIO_JDK=<JDK Path>
set JAVA_HOME=<JDK Path>
set PATH=<JDK Path>\bin;%PATH%
cd <android-studio Install Path>\bin
start studio64.exe

Replace studio64.exe with studio.exe if you need the 32-bit version.

Replace

<JDK Path> 

with the path to your JDK, e.g.

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_25

Replace

<android-studio Install Path>

with the path to your Android Studio installation, e.g.

C:\Program Files\Android\android-studio

Now you can just run the batch file to start Android Studio.

Additional: If you want to pin to the Taskbar, then create a shortcut to the batch file and then change it's target to:

cmd.exe /c "<path to bat>\studio.bat"

Then pin this shortcut to the Taskbar by drag-and-drop.

You can also set it's icon from the original Android Studio studio.exe file.

Answer 6

I ran into this problem and these steps fixed it.

• Remove ALL older JRE / JDK versions
• Set values for JDK_HOME & JAVA_HOME to path of JDK install