Can somebody tell me what I have done wrong to IntelliJ

Question

When I start IntelliJ I have some alert like:

    Internal error. Please refer to https://jb.gg/ide/critical-startup-errors

com.intellij.ide.plugins.StartupAbortedException: UI initialization failed
    at com.intellij.idea.StartupUtil.lambda$start$15(StartupUtil.java:265)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.uniExceptionally(CompletableFuture.java:990)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniExceptionally.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:974)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.postComplete(CompletableFuture.java:510)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.postFire(CompletableFuture.java:614)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniRun.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:795)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$Completion.run(CompletableFuture.java:482)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:318)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:771)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:722)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:716)
    at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:399)
    at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:86)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:741)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:203)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:124)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:113)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:109)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
    at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:90)
Caused by: java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: java.lang.IllegalAccessError: class com.intellij.idea.StartupUtil (in unnamed module @0x1806bff2) cannot access class sun.awt.AWTAutoShutdown (in module java.desktop) because module java.desktop does not export sun.awt to unnamed module @0x1806bff2
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.encodeThrowable(CompletableFuture.java:315)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture.completeThrowable(CompletableFuture.java:320)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniRun.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:791)
    ... 14 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalAccessError: class com.intellij.idea.StartupUtil (in unnamed module @0x1806bff2) cannot access class sun.awt.AWTAutoShutdown (in module java.desktop) because module java.desktop does not export sun.awt to unnamed module @0x1806bff2
    at com.intellij.idea.StartupUtil.lambda$scheduleInitUi$23(StartupUtil.java:507)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture$UniRun.tryFire(CompletableFuture.java:787)
    ... 14 more

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Your JRE: 17+35-LTS-2724 amd64 (Oracle Corporation)
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17

And:

    Internal error. Please refer to https://jb.gg/ide/critical-startup-errors

java.lang.IllegalAccessError: class com.intellij.idea.StartupUtil (in unnamed module @0x1806bff2) cannot access class sun.awt.AWTAutoShutdown (in module java.desktop) because module java.desktop does not export sun.awt to unnamed module @0x1806bff2
    at com.intellij.idea.StartupUtil.start(StartupUtil.java:297)
    at com.intellij.idea.Main.bootstrap(Main.java:123)
    at com.intellij.idea.Main.main(Main.java:84)

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Your JRE: 17+35-LTS-2724 amd64 (Oracle Corporation)
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17

I've added wrong path to JRE so I hope somebody can help me I think it come from I linked the path to JDK 17 instead of JRE 17. But, now I can't start IntelliJ to fix. So I nedd your help. Thank for all. Sorry about my bad English.

Answer 1

There is a link in the error.

Internal error. Please refer to https://jb.gg/ide/critical-startup-errors

From that

I think the exception is due to some plugins.

Please try this:-

If you are using 2019.3.x and below versions

• Close IDE If open
• Go to C:\Users\<Username>\.IntelliJIdea2019.3\config(Syntax:- %HOMEPATH%\\.<product><version>\config)
• Delete the plugins Directory
• Restart IDE

If you are using 2020.1 and above versions

• Close IDE If open
• Go to C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\IntelliJIdea2021.2(Syntax:- %APPDATA%\JetBrains\<product><version>)
• Delete plugins Directory
• Restart IDE