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Intellij IDEA failed to run


I get an error every time I run my IDEA, seems like it is because I use 64 bit but running the IDEA of 32 bit. From what I've searched, it refers me to use idea64.exe, but where can I find it?

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Solution

  • IntelliJ IDEA is now bundled with only 64-bit Java version. 32-bit JDK is not provided. If you install on the 32-bit system, there will be a checkbox in the installer to automatically download and configure 32-bit Runtime for IntelliJ IDEA.

    Installer also has the options to create both 32-bit and 64-bit executable shortcuts. If you want to run 64-bit version, use IDEA_HOME\bin\idea64.exe.

    Or you can just download this runtime version and unpack it into IDEA_HOME directory (so that you have IDEA_HOME\jre). Make sure to start IntelliJ IDEA with bin\idea.exe instead of bin\idea64.exe. This will start IntelliJ IDEA in 32-bit mode.

    Another option is to download the .zip version for Windows, it has both 32-bit and 64-bit runtimes. Then you can use either bin\idea.exe or bin\idea64.exe to run (if you are on the 64-bit system):

    download zip