Installing Android Studio, does not point to a valid JVM installation error

Question

I just downloaded the Android Studio. While trying to run it, I had to modify the environment variable and add

JAVA_HOME

and

C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_22

Once I finished that hurdle, now I am receiving another error:

The environment variable JAVA_HOME (with the value of *C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_22*) does not point to a valid JVM installation.

I looked through other similar questions and I was asked to check the version, so I did the following in CMD:

C:\Users\Andre>java -version
java version "1.6.0_22"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_22-b04)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 17.1-b03, mixed mode, sharing)

C:\Users\Andre>javac -version
javac 1.6.0_22

From the results it seems like I have JVM.

I also tried these paths for JAVA_HOME, I closed and reopened a new CMD window each time

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_22
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_22\bin

Solution 1

Point your JAVA_HOME variable to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_xx\ where "xx" is the update number (make sure this matches your actual directory name). Do not include bin\javaw.exe in the pathname.

NOTE: You can access the Environment Variables GUI from the CLI by entering rundll32 sysdm.cpl,EditEnvironmentVariables. Be sure to put the 'JAVA_HOME' path variable in the System variables rather than the user variables. If the path variable is in User the Android Studio will not find the path.

Solution 2

It is absolutely possible that all other answers work for people but for me this path worked:

Leave your JDK path under JAVA_HOME System Variable as it is given here. Do not append bin or another path. It worked for me.

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_11\

Otherwise I am getting this error:

Installing Android Studio, does not point to a valid JVM installation error

Solution 3

Updated android studio to 1.2.1. Even though I was getting the same error. Nothing worked, finally replaced JAVA_HOME with JDK_HOME and it did the magic.

Solution 4

2 suggested solutions

1. Upgrade JDK to 1.7

2. Make sure the 32-bit or 64 bit versions match on both sides

Solution 5

Recently I am working with the 1.8.0_25 JDK version on Windows 8.1 and I had the same problem with this. But as PankaJ Jakhar said

The real solution for me was pretty simple:

1. Add the JAVA_HOME variable to the system ones, not on the user ones.

2. The path I introduced for this variable was:

   C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_25\
   

And it works for me!

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Comments

[CoronaPintu]

i had download 1.8 install it giving path to jdk1.8/bin now it giving me this error

[Lu Roman]

Thanks, so the trick was to remove bin from the path, i did not try with bin\javaw.exe before. All the documentation tells you to include the bin folder... shame on them, well good tip :)

[dangalg]

For me it only worked when I used C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_xx where "xx" is the update number without the \; at the end

[surt91]

Also important: do not sourround the path in quotes "C:/Pro...". That might be obvious for some, but unfortunately not for me.

[Arttu]

Did require a boot too.

[Sabeer]

For me its worked only after removing the semi colon ";" at the end of the path...

[Edeph]

It shouldn't be the bin folder, but the root as pointed out in the answer!

[Mill]

with the version 1.8.0_25 i'm still getting the error!

[Rodrigo Venancio]

Last step helped me! I just had to remove "\bin" from my JAVA_HOME variable.

[Robert]

Oddly enough, it worked for me when I changed the user variable

[Aman Alam]

This pointed towards the right direction. Also, I had to remove all the double quotes etc from the path and put it in system path

[Narendra Pal]

its really a magic, don't know why they not support JAVA_HOME for setting environment variable. But its done with JDK_HOME

[Dominique]

After an Android Studio update, same problem, same perfect solution.

[shieldgenerator7]

This was my problem too. I removed the quotes and that solved it

[Marcus Becker]

In my case, I have to remove the bin folder from JAVA_HOME

[Seth]

Check it in your command line tool by typing "Java --version"

[rummykhan]

I also had the similar error with JDK 1.8 64 bit installed, i remove JAVA_HOME variable from environments and wrote JRE and JDK path in PATH variable C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_65\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_65\bin, now android studio is working fine, it automatically picked up the JVM Path. hope this will help someone