What's the reason for “Error:Cannot determine Java VM executable in selected JDK”?

Question

I am using IntelliJ IDEA 13.1.4 and also tried the latest release 14.

Running SBT I get the following error:

Error:Cannot determine Java VM executable in         


        

Answer 1

Same error also occurs when you try to do a refresh in "SBT tasks".

Open

Preferences -> Language & Frameworks -> Scala Compiler Server

Turn on

Run compile server (in external build mode)

Once you done with refreshing the project, turn it off again to enable hotswapping back when you change your code in the editor.