intellij idea failed to create JVM error code -1

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I have intellij-idea installed. Although I have set JAVA_HOME environment variable referring to "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_45" but when I try to run it, I end up with the following error:

failed to create JVM: error code -1. JVM path: "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 2017.2.2\jre64\" if you have a 64-bit jdk installed, define a JAVA_HOME variable in Computer> system variables> system settings> environment variables.

Windows 7_ 64-bit

See https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/articles/206544879 and https://stackoverflow.com/a/45309479/104891. — CrazyCoder, Aug 23 '17 at 21:27
You can manually edit the idea.exe.vmoptions property file to specify the exact java path and try again. — Fairoz, Aug 24 '17 at 07:29
simply try java -version on command prompt, if it is not detected, then set the java path and make sure it works fine in command prompt, then try with ide. — Fairoz, Aug 24 '17 at 07:30
I removed -Xmx1024m from ea -Xmx1024m from idea64.exe.vmoptions file. And it worked. — Dexter, Apr 17 '19 at 05:30

theomeli · Answer 1 · 2021-11-13T15:46:26.673

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My workaround was to go to C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\IntelliJIdea2020.3\idea64.exe vmoptions file and delete the whole content. The error disappeared and IntelliJ started normally.

edited Nov 13 '21 at 15:46

answered Feb 25 '21 at 20:59

theomeli

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Thanks a lot. Previously it was stored in ~/.IdealC20XX.X but starting from 2020 version they moved it to AppData path. – SztefanWons Aug 26 '21 at 11:24
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thank you kind person, spend an hour trying to find a solution – frewper Oct 14 '21 at 07:24
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Had the same problem with Pycharm, after deleting the vmoptions file , it worked – kamasteve Jan 20 '23 at 11:34

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 21 '19 at 21:05

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Note that there are 2 .vmoptions files. There is the one in the bin directory and an override in %HOMEPATH%\IntelliJIdea\config

For me the answer was to remove -Xmx and -Xms options from the override file.

answered Nov 21 '19 at 21:05

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score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 07 '17 at 10:41

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Please check your phpstorm64.exe.vmoptions file located at bin folder and remove option

-XX:+UseG1GC

answered Dec 07 '17 at 10:41

joseantgv

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Thanks! Although this specific -XX option wasn't present, I resolved the issue by deleting vmoptions files – Mark Sep 05 '18 at 13:25

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 16 '19 at 16:38

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it is not a JAVA_HOME issue, you no doubt have touched the *.vmoptions files in bin folder. if you have entered the licence sever in the *.vmpotions file, notice that it should be like this "-javaagent:C:\Program Files....." don't forget to include "-javaagent:" at the beginning of the license server ;)

answered Nov 16 '19 at 16:38

Mohsen Alizadeh

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I can't find that file; where is it? – Guillaume F. Apr 05 '20 at 11:38
@GuillaumeF. look inside C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1.2\bin – CodeWorld Jun 17 '20 at 17:58

score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 27 '20 at 22:49

The file may be corrupted after a bad manipulation. Just copy and paste the idea{64}.exe.vmoptions from %IntelliJ installation path%/bin to %User IntelliJ data path%/config. For example : Copy "C:/Program Files/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2019.2.3/bin/idea64.exe.vmoptions" and paste into "C:/Users/HP/.IntelliJIdea2019.2/config"

score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Oct 18 '20 at 12:49

I've been using IntelliJ for some time and this issue popped up sometime ago for me too. The issue is with a "VMOPTIONS" file. C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans Go to this location and inside you'll find a VMOPTIONS file. Delete it. Now run the Application and it should work. This VMOPTIONS file is infact a copy of the original VMOPTION file located else where but which can also override the default VMOPTIONS. So deleting this copy with some invalid options inside fixes the problem.

If a VMOPTIONS file doesn't exist in the above path, Go to this location C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition xxxx.x.x\bin and run the idea.bat file. Not the exe file. This should fix any and all other problems and let you open the application with out getting that error.

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 23 '17 at 19:18

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You might have the JRE_HOME environment variable set in your system. Remove that and try again. It generally overwrites the JAVA_HOME variable.

answered Aug 23 '17 at 19:18

alirabiee

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I didn't have JRE_HOME variable in my environment variables – omidXxX Aug 24 '17 at 05:45

Feisal Aswad · Answer 8 · 2020-01-13T07:27:25.393

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I am just copy file "phpstorm64.exe.vmoptions" from C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PhpStorm 2019.3.1\bin and paste it(replace) in C:\Users\{{your username}}\.PhpStorm2019.3\config It works fine for me..

edited Jan 13 '20 at 07:27

answered Jan 13 '20 at 07:17

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Valeriy K. · Answer 9 · 2018-06-18T16:07:16.903

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I got such error when adding JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS in environment variables. Try to rename this variable to JAVA_OPTS restart IDE and rename again to JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS. Or simply delete JAVA_TOOLS_OPTIONS if it is not required

edited Jun 18 '18 at 16:07

answered Jun 18 '18 at 15:33

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Hesam Moosapour · Answer 10 · 2021-08-02T11:23:46.333

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You can find default vmoptions file of windows 64bit version of it in :

C:\Users{user}\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\PhpStorm..\phpstorm64.exe.vmoptions

You can reinstall phpstorm as well ,it's quick.

edited Aug 02 '21 at 11:23

answered Aug 02 '21 at 11:16

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Dec 04 '21 at 17:23

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I simply removed JAVA_HOME from system variable then again added and saved.

Restart IntelliJ again. Worked fine for me.

answered Dec 04 '21 at 17:23

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Sofit · Answer 12 · 2021-12-13T20:12:58.450

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It works fine with Webstorm

JAVA_HOME. Watch this tutorial
Delete .vmoptions file. It contains in:

C:\Program Files\WebStorm 2021.3\bin
C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\WebStorm2021.3 OR C:\Users\%USER%\.somewhere

edited Dec 13 '21 at 20:12

answered Dec 05 '21 at 11:52

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Nov 01 '22 at 06:25

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I had added -T 6C clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true lines. Then I removed them, program is working now.

answered Nov 01 '22 at 06:25

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered May 26 '23 at 08:11

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Please remove vmoptions file from C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\IdeaIC2021.1

It worked for me once I removed the file.

answered May 26 '23 at 08:11

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score -2 · Answer 15 · answered Aug 23 '17 at 19:08

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try to launch idea64.exe from the cmd and see if it works

answered Aug 23 '17 at 19:08

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intellij idea failed to create JVM error code -1

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