intellij idea is not starting

>this file vcruntime140.dll is not working so i downloded this file and replaced it with old one

Where did you downloaded it from and where did you place it?

Please re-install the IDE from scratch by downloading it from https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/ and install into a new empty directory. If you have antivirus/firewall, try with it disabled or make sure that IDE settings directories, IDE installation home and IDE executable are excluded from the scan.

If problem remains, please try starting IDE from the command line via the idea.bat file and examine the output and attach full error you are getting. Thanks.

C:\>Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2020.2\bin idea.bat
'Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

this is the error iam getting

The path needs to be enclosed into quotes if it contains spaces or space must be escaped with back-slash \ character. You can first cd into the bin directory, then execute ./idea.bat, see instructions at https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011901879-How-to-start-IDE-from-the-command-line

if i go into file location a click on idea.bat file only then its opening or else its not opening and even though it started when i try to open a new project its not opeining anytthing when try to open a pre exisiting program its just showing the code as shared in above photo there is no option to run or compile anything

>if i go into file location a click on idea.bat file only then its opening

Is it opened normally and you can open projects if you start via .bat file?

Have you tried re-installing into a new empty directory?

now its opening and executing programs only if i allow them to save in predefined location for programs

It could be a permission problem. Make sure you run the IDE by the same user who installed it and that the use has r/w permissions to IDE settings/caches directories and directory where you create projects.

Hi,
Even I am facing same issue.

For Program Files there is space between program and files so I could traverse from program files to JetBrains by providing "~" symbol. But again for IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2.1 I have two spaces. How to resolve this when we give in command prompt. Tried giving "~" between spaces but didn't work.

Can you please share solution for this.

C:\\PROGRA~1\\JetBrains\\IntelliJ IDEA 2020.2.1\\bin\\idea.bat

@... You can enclose the whole path by double-quotes ("), single-quote (') or escape the space character using a backslash (\)