IntelliJ 2017.1.4 - Refusing to open terminal window - intellij-idea

I recently downloaded the latest version of IntelliJ Ultimate (at this time, it is 2017.1.4) for work.
For some reason, I cannot get it to open a new terminal window. When clicking the plus button here:
...nothing happens. Additionally, nothing shows up in the event log. I restarted IntelliJ, my computer, and did the "invalidate caches and restart" option.
Any ideas? Is there a log file I can look at?

It could be a known issue that is already fixed in 2017.2.
Another possible case is that the native terminal library fails to initialize on your system (check idea.log for exceptions). This can be caused by an antivirus or a corrupted IDE installation.

Thanks to #CrazyCoder for reminding me to check idea.log - the native terminal library, as well as other plugins, failed to initialize.
The root cause of the issue is that at my workplace, there is a security restriction to not run any executable that exists outside of C:\Program Files. As a result, IntelliJ cannot run certain plugins, jars, etc. that exist outside of that location, because it will attempt to execute them from your user directory.
To fix this, in IntelliJ, go to Help > Edit Custom Properties and point the config and system path to a known path where you can run executables, like so:
# custom IntelliJ IDEA properties
idea.config.path=C:\\Program Files\\JetBrains\\.IntelliJIdea2017.2\\config
idea.system.path=C:\\Program Files\\JetBrains\\.IntelliJIdea2017.2\\system
You will need to make sure to copy the contents of both directories to the new location. Hopefully this helps anyone else who runs into this issue.

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Could not create parent directory for lock file C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 2019.2.4\

I'm relatively new to IntelliJ. I'm using IntelliJ IDEA 2019.2.4.
When I try to do an Import From Existing Source - I get the following error:
Could not create parent directory for lock file C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 2019.2.4\jbr\bin\proxy\wrapper\dists\gradle-5.3-all\b2xqo51qjs5t4spu8wb5tlf15\gradle-5.3-all.zip.lck
That's new - I didn't used to get that.
Any suggestions?
Thanks much
This issue has been discussed by another already (in Android Studio) but I will quickly summarize the issue as it should be quite similar using IntelliJ. Thanks to Mike Hill this will remedy your problem. Here is his answer Could not create parent directory for lock file
The issue you discussed appears to have been caused by using the "Use gradle 'wrapper' task configuration" option in IntelliJ..this option causes IntelliJ to override the Gradle wrapper task (which is sort of expected).
The solution that Mike Hill suggests is to select "Use default gradle wrapper (recommended)" instead. Seems that this caused a conflict with the customized GRADLE_USER_HOME environment variable in IntelliJ for the directory where the final wrapper files actually get stored.
He then provides an absolute path example which may be what is throwing the error for you as well.
Gradle was trying (and failing) to create C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\gradle\tools\gradle-4.5.1\wrapper\dists\gradle-4.5.1-all\87kuriyahurjjkki3zii366f2\gradle-4.5.1-all.zip.lck when run through IntelliJ, although his system uses the file C:\work.gradle\wrapper\dists\gradle-4.5.1-all\87kuriyahurjjkki3zii366f2\gradle-4.5.1-all.zip.lck when working correctly.
Switching and then running the Gradle refresh through IntelliJ seems to have fixed it for Mike. It also succeeds when switching back to "Use gradle 'wrapper' task configuration", now. Hopefully this helps you out Tim!
I did hours of research and I discovered that the localhost:8080 on my program had never fully detached last time I stopped running the program. The program refused to start because really it never stopped from last time. Detach you localhost. If you don't know how just restart the computer--it will detach everything
Encountered on Mac.
Seems like a bug in IntelliJ IDEA.
Changing Gradle user home from ~/.gradle
to an absolute path /Users/username/.gradle has actually helped

compiling golang using intellij is looking for wrong path of 3rd party packages

I'm using IntelliJ with the go plugin to write my application.
version of Go: go version go1.7beta2 darwin/amd64
Operation system: OSX El Capitan 10.11.5
Intellij Version: 2016.1.3
Go Installation Location: /usr/local/go
Go Pkg Location ($GOPATH): /Users/ufk/projects/go
when I open terminal, browse to my application's main source file, and type go it compiles it properly without any errors.
but when I try to Run the program using Intellij, which also compiles it, i get the following error:
/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64/link: cannot open file /usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/github.com/codegangsta/negroni.a: open /usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/github.com/codegangsta/negroni.a: no such file or directory
lookgs like it's looking for the negroni package in the location when I have go installed, and not where I the 3rd party packages are installed according to $GOPATH. My project is configured to use $GOPATH, and the real time error of the intellj editor doesn't complain about packages that are not installed which means that Intellij does check the $GOPATH variable.
so what am i missing ?
thanks
update
Hi :)
I noticed something new... I have 2 go projects, one of them is the JSON Api Server, and the other is for the web server.
The project that is causing issues is the Api Server.
now, the web server also uses and imports negroni, but the problem occurs only on the Api Server Project.
so I decided to go wild and delete the .idea and iml file from the Api Server, reopen it with intellij, and see what happens... welp, what happens is that now it complains about a different module.
/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64/link: cannot open file /usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/github.com/jingweno/negroni-gorelic.a: open /usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/github.com/jingweno/negroni-gorelic.a: no such file or directory
the thing is.. that my web server project also uses negroni-gorelic and things are fine!
I tried downgrading go from 1.7beta2 to 1.6.2, deleting the content of the modules ($GOPATH/pkg and in src directory github.com and golang.org)
then I got all the modules again.. tried to compile with intellij and the results are the same.
so... hope this helps to further investigate the issue.

How do I run a EXE Go executable from within IntelliJ IDEA?

I have a Go program which I'm working on in IntelliJ IDEA on a Windows machine. The program's structure is a little unconventional (don't want to go into detail here as its besides the point) because of which I first have to compile the program using the following command:
go build -o cli.exe
And then I can run cli.exe directly in the command prompt.
But how do I configure the run configuration in IntelliJ IDEA so that it doesn't mind running a Windows executable ? Because if I try to tell it to run an EXE file as it's run configuration, it gives me error "Main file is invalid"
How do I solve this ?
Make sure you have a file name (not a folder name) in field File on Run/Debug Configuration window (In IntelliJ IDEA go to menu Run->Edit Configuration...->your_configuration). That was my case.
You may be able to install the Bash plugin on Windows, then create a run configuration using the Bash plugin, and just run your executable from a script.
Create a Go Application run configuration and that should work. You can choose to run either a file or a package. If you would share more details then the answer would be more complete. If you still have an issue with this, please open an issue to the bug tracker and I'll be able to help out (please follow the issue template there).

Intellij IDEA - JavaFX packager : access denied

I'm trying to generate an artifact of my JavaFX application using Intellij but for some reason I always end up having JavaFX packager throwing an access denied error on my output directory.
Generating a simple jar works fine though.
I'm using it on Windows 8.1 with Java 8.
I had the same problem. I kind of solved it:
by ticking the "Build on make" box in the Project Structur Dialog
starting a Run of my Java App in Intellij Idea
Now the executable jar magically appeared in my build folder. God knows why.
I had this problem and solved it by deleting the Artifact from IntellIJ, then deleting the "out/artifact" previously created folder where it tried to build my jar and finally re created an artifact from scratch. For no specific reason it now worked.
I have encountered the same problem recently. I checked the permissions of the directory and can read and write. Later I deleted the artifact and re-created a new one to solve the problem. I hope to help people who have encountered this problem.
I had this problem. I ran into it because When I added artifact with + button in Project Settings->Artifacts, I selected JAR artifact , and change JAR to JavaFx Application from type drop down box on right side pane. Later, I removed this artifact and pressed + button, then selected JavaFx Application from drop down list, then it was builded successfully. My JDK version is 8.
When I call JavaVXPacker from the command line I get the following:
C:\Users\Ingo>javafxpackager -help
javafxpackager.exe has been renamed javapackager.exe.
The original file may be removed in a future release in lieu of javapackager.
Please update your scripts.
...
...
So I guess IntelliJ has to update it's script to re-enable the feature???
(using Windows 10 and JDK Liberica 15+36)
Go to File > Project Structure
Click on Artifacts on the left panel.
Thereafter click on the plus icon to add a Jar From modules with dependencies…
A pop-up will be shown and there you would have to select for the startup class of your project.
Click on OK twice to save the changes.
Lastly go to Build > Build Artifacts... And select build action.
Now your jar will be generated in the out folder of your project.
For a more details guide, please refer to this post

Intellij prompting for path variables "USER_HOME_GRAILS" and "USER_HOME_GRIFFON "

When I start my project in Intellij 9 (#IU-95.66) I see a red popup in the top right of my screen saying...
Load error: undefined path variables!
USER_HOME_GRAILS, USER_HOME_GRIFFON
are undefined. Fix it.
I do not have the Griffon/Grails plugins enabled and never have, why would I get this?
The project was created with Groovy plug-in enabled and it has stored these variables in the project file. Either enable the plug-in or remove the variables from the project file.
Creating the new project should also help. We have a related issue in our tracker, you may join it and provide more information.
I enabled the Grails/Griffon plugin and can confirm that it solved this exact issue. I had reinstalled Intellij on another machine and this is one issue I had when starting up a project that was created under a previous install.
Thanks.!