IntelliJ IDEA “The selected directory is not a valid home for JDK”

Question

I just installed IntelliJ IDEA and I\'m trying to set it up. I\'ve gotten to the part where I need to select my home directory for my JDK.

I tried navigating to my J

Answer 1

One thing we should note: the jdk should be installed on C: drive.

I had JDK installed on my D: drive like this:

D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_101

And it would still give me the same error. For some reason Java should be installed on C: drive.