PluginException: TOPIC[Plugin: com.alayouni.ansiHighlight] | Unable to start IntelliJ

Question

I tried to

1. start IntelliJ in normal mode,
2. open my existing projects
3. check out my projects from Version Controls

but all said activities gives me this error:

Cannot load project: com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManager$StartupAbortedException: com.intellij.diagnostic.PluginException: TOPIC[Plugin: com.alayouni.ansiHighlight]

Version: IntelliJ Community Edition 2016.1.4

logs: Suggest me where do I get logs from

Answer 1

Plugins can be removed manually from the plugins directory or directly from IDE settings.

In your case ansiHighlight plug-in should be removed/disabled.