IntelliJ not opening
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I am running IntelliJ 2020.2.3 which should be the latest version. When I opening it up I am not able to open new projects. I click on the "New Project" button and nothing happens. From the cli in my Mac I run "idea <someFile>" and IntelliJ opens but the file never shows up. I am able to see drop downs for all the menus except the file menu. When I click on the file menu nothing happens. I update IntelliJ thinking that the issue would go away and it has not.
I am running this on a MAC with the latest Catalina software on it.
Any suggestions?
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May you start IDE by running “idea” in command line (without arguments), reproduce the issue and share command line output?
I see the screen, but does not fully open. I am getting "reopening files" on the middle of the screen, but that is it. I guess that it is stuck with al old project that I might have deleted or something.
Typically such errors indicate corrupted indices or configuration. This may be happening due to HDD/SSD issues or if you store IDE system or configuration directories on network drive (is this the case by any chance?)
Try renaming system directory (~/Library/Caches/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2020.2) and configs directory (~/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2020.2) to start with default settings and re-import the project you are trying to open.
I am running this on a Mac running the latest version of Catalina. As far as I know the HDD is not having any issue. I am not experiencing any other issues or symptoms on my Mac. I Attempted to rename both the Caches and Application support directories and NO luck. Same thing. I really dont care about the projects. I typically just edit the files with idea <fileName>, so I dont have many projects. What I do care about are all the plugins. I have several plugins for some languages that I use.
What options do I have?
Thanks,
May you show the idea.log? https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/207241085
Do you see "IDE initial configuration" wizard after renaming IDE configs directory? If no, most probably configuration is stored somewhere else (): https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/tuning-the-ide.html#config-directory
Configuration directory could be changed via "idea.config.path" VM option: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/tuning-the-ide.html#common-platform-properties