IntelliJ IDEA The selected directory is not a valid home for JDK

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I just installed IntelliJ IDEA and I m trying to set it up  I ve gotten to the part where I need to select my home directory for my JDK   I tried navigating to my Java installation  C  Program Files  x86  Java  and clicked okay but it told me the message above  So  I tried C  Program Files  x86  Java jre7 and that didn t work either   I tried reinstalling the latest JDK  from here  and I still couldn t choose my JDK  I even dragged the  jar installer I got from the website and the file selector window wouldn t recognize it   I m at a standstill and I don t know what to do

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It got this error because I had managed to clobber jdk1 8 0 60 with the jre

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May be your jdk is in  usr lib jvm   This variant for linux

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I had the same problem  The solution was to update IntelliJ to the newest version

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This error occurs because if you choosing the path deep in JDK or JRE  The exact path that should be chosen is in my case 64 bit     C  Program Files Java jdk1 8 0 91   if 32 bit     C  Program Files  86  Java jdk1 8 0 91

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In case you missed the configuration at the Project Structure File - gt  Project Structure   just reconfigure it like below  For Java  For Android  Enjoy coding J

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I ended up needing to replace 2017 with 2019  and everything worked fine   shrug    no other suggestions here worked for me

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I had the same issue  But I figured it out by choosing this path   First at all  you need to select the C   folder  Then  you select Program Files  After it  you select java  and finally the jdk you downloaded  In my case  I downloaded the JDK1 8 0 60 version   To resume the path    C  Program Files java jdk1 8 0 60   After you are done with it  you can click on the button next  Then you select the create project from templates  This will create a java application with a main   method  After it  you click next to create the name of you project    I hope this helps you

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One thing we should note  the jdk should be installed on C  drive   I had JDK installed on my D  drive like this   D  Program Files Java jdk1 8 0 101   And it would still give me the same error  For some reason Java should be installed on C  drive

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for me  with JDK11 and IntelliJ 2016 3   I kept getting the same message so I decided to uninstall JDK11 and installed JDK8 instead and it immediately worked

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For Windows  apparently the JDK has to be under C  Program Files    This does not work   C  dev Java jdk1 8 0 191        This works    C  Program Files Java jdk1 8 0 191         I m using IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate 2018 2 4

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I had  bin as part of the path  Up one level of the selected directory worked for me

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Because you are choosing jre dir  and not JDK dir  JDK dir  is for instance  depending on update and whether it s 64 bit or 32 bit   C  Program Files  x86  Java jdk1 7 0 45 In my case it s 32 bit JDK 1 7 update 45

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