How JetBrain IntelliJ IDEA select Java to bootup

Question

I have install Java 8 EA on my Window 7, but it\'s neither in my %JAVA_HOME% nor in the %PATH%. However when I start my IntelliJ IDEA v12 by clicking <

Answer 1

You can add an additional environment variable called IDEA_JDK to target the specific JDK that you want Intellij to use.