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Intellij Java 8 issue on run - Unrecognized option: --add-opens

I installed latest intellij and i want to run a java 8 project, i am using latest version of maven and the build install is working fine but once i run the project, i get Unrecognized option: --add-opens. i tried to modify the project settings to point to java 8 everywhere even JAVA_HOME, i even tried with lower maven version and same issue. can anyone help? to note that the same project was running fine on my other laptop using previous intellij versions.

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Intellij version: ntelliJ IDEA 2024.1.1 (Community Edition)

Deatils:

      Abnormal build process termination: 
"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_202\bin\java.exe" -Xmx700m -Djava.awt.headless=true "-Djna.boot.library.path=C:\Users\xx\AppData\Local\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/lib/jna/amd64" 
-Djna.nosys=true -Djna.noclasspath=true --add-opens jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens
jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.code=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens 
jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.model=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser=ALL-UNNAMED 
--add-opens jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.processing=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens 
jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.jvm=ALL-UNNAMED -Dpreload.project.path=C:/Users/xx/Desktop/Files/intellijNewWorkspace/multichannelaccountsws 
-Dpreload.config.path=C:/Users/xx/AppData/Roaming/JetBrains/IdeaIC2024.1/options -Dexternal.project.config=C:\Users\xx\AppData\Local\JetBrains\IdeaIC2024.1\projects\multichannelaccountsws.6c161493\external_build_system
 -Dcompile.parallel=false -Drebuild.on.dependency.change=true -Didea.IntToIntBtree.page.size=32768 -Djdt.compiler.useSingleThread=true -Daether.connector.resumeDownloads=false 
 -Dio.netty.initialSeedUniquifier=6462762080247829856 -Dfile.encoding=windows-1252 -Duser.language=fr -Duser.country=FR -Didea.paths.selector=IdeaIC2024.1 
 "-Didea.home.path=C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1" -Didea.config.path=C:/Users/xx/AppData/Roaming/JetBrains/IdeaIC2024.1 
 -Didea.plugins.path=C:/Users/xx/AppData/Roaming/JetBrains/IdeaIC2024.1/plugins -Djps.log.dir=C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IdeaIC2024.1/log/build-log "-Djps.fallback.jdk.home=C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/jbr" -Djps.fallback.jdk.version=17.0.10 -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IdeaIC2024.1/compile-server/multichannelaccountsws_e2891c5c/_temp_ -Djps.backward.ref.index.builder=true "-Djps.kotlin.home=C:\Users\xx\AppData\Local\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1\plugins\Kotlin\kotlinc" -Dkotlin.incremental.compilation=true -Dkotlin.incremental.compilation.js=true -Dkotlin.daemon.enabled -Dkotlin.daemon.client.alive.path=\"C:\Users\xx~1.BAD\AppData\Local\Temp\kotlin-idea-12919414214725870895-is-running\" -Dide.propagate.context=false -classpath "C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/java/lib/jps-launcher.jar" org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.Launcher "C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/java/lib/jps-builders.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/java/lib/jps-builders-6.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/java/lib/jps-javac-extension.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/lib/util-8.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/lib/util_rt.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/lib/platform-loader.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/lib/annotations.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/lib/trove.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/java/lib/jetbrains.kotlinx.metadata.jvm.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/lib/protobuf.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/lib/jps-model.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/java/lib/javac2.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/lib/forms_rt.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/lib/util.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/java/lib/aether-dependency-resolver.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/java/lib/maven-resolver-connector-basic.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/java/lib/maven-resolver-transport-file.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/java/lib/maven-resolver-transport-http.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/lib/idea_rt.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/Kotlin/lib/jps/kotlin-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/lib/util-8.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/eclipse/lib/eclipse-jps.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/eclipse/lib/eclipse-common.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/platform-langInjection/lib/java-langInjection-jps.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/Groovy/lib/groovy-jps.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/Groovy/lib/groovy-constants-rt.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/javaFX/lib/javaFX-jps.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/javaFX/lib/javaFX-common.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/uiDesigner/lib/jps/java-guiForms-jps.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/maven/lib/maven-jps.jar;C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2024.1.1/plugins/gradle-java/lib/gradle-jps.jar" org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildMain 127.0.0.1 56654 4f28fb3d-4fd5-49d2-b3c0-e12c70eeb279 C:/Users/xx/AppData/Local/JetBrains/IdeaIC2024.1/compile-server
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Unrecognized option: --add-opens
Solution

  • You need to use at least Java 17 to run a recent version of Intellij. As the documentation says.

    "Please note that all the current IDE versions require at least Java 17 version to run. Our IDEs will not run on the older Java versions like Java 8 or 11."

    (Emphasis added.)

    Source: IDEs Support (IntelliJ Platform) | JetBrains | Selecting the JDK version the IDE will run under.

    UPDATE

    You commented:

    ... it is mentioned that version 8 is supported

    You found the Supported Java versions and features page in the documentation that lists versions going back to Java 7. But that does NOT say what you think it says. It is actually listing the target Java versions (and features) you can use for your applications. It says:

    This page lists all Java versions and preview features supported by IntelliJ IDEA for developing applications. ...

    It is NOT talking (there) about the Java version supported to run Intellij itself; i.e. the "boot Java runtime". (And the evidence bears this out.)

    Unrecognized option: --add-opens

    In your case, the IDE is failing to launch on Java 8 because the Intellij IDE needs to use the Java modules feature.

    Modules are not supported by the Java 8 platform: they were intro in Java 9. Indeed, if you tried to work around the unsupported option issue by removing all options related to modules from the launch script, the IDE launch would still fail. It won't work. Period.

    To note that the same project was running fine on my other laptop using previous intellij versions.

    Your only options are:

    • Install the older version of Intellij that worked with Java 8.
    • Upgrade your laptop to Java 171.
    • Use your other laptop.

    1 - Actually, it is a bit odd that you are using Java 8 at all. According to the page I linked to above. Recent versions of Intellij are bundled with a compatible version of Java. But clearly something about your setup means that you are not using >that< version. Maybe there are clues in the rest of that page that would help you.