Failure to launch Android Studio; Failed to create JVM: error code -1

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When trying to launch Android Studio on Windows I get the following error:

Failed to create JVM: error code -1 JVM Path: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_91\jre

I have tried setting the JAVA_PATH variable and I have also tried uninstalling Android Studio and Java and then reinstalling. I came to this error while trying to mess with the path variables to use an external Java library.

Any suggestions on fixing this problem?

EDIT: The solution I gave below seems to work for error code -1 and -4 in my case. The only issue is that you lose your user settings if you use the solution given.

Possible duplicate of [Android Studio Launch Error](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24679621/android-studio-launch-error) — Zoe, Jun 28 '16 at 19:07
I have tried what was suggested in that post. I have removed /bin and I have a 64 bit version of Java on a 64 bit architecture — flpymonkey, Jun 28 '16 at 19:18
Does the versions of the JDK and JRE match? (e.g. JRE 1.8 and JDK 1.8) — Zoe, Jun 28 '16 at 19:18
edit JAVA_HOME = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_91\bin and then give a try — Shyam Bhimani, Jun 29 '16 at 00:17
I have [answered on another thread](https://stackoverflow.com/a/66532284/5376073) what was working for me. — Tomislav Brabec, Mar 08 '21 at 15:13

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 15 '18 at 03:30

With: Failed to create JVM: error code -1

I tried deleting the studio64.exe.vmoptions file

(from: C:\Users\vungnho.AndroidStudio3.1\config)

(vungnho - my user name; .AndroidStudio3.1 - config folder for current Studio)

and it worked!

Exactly, I tried reinstall Android Studio but the problem still occur,

so I tried rename .AndroidStudio3.1 folder, but it have many my configs :(

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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Problem solved! This thread was extremely helpful:

failed to create jvm error code 4 android studio

What ended up working for me was deleting the Android Studio setting folder in my user folder.

C:\Users\my_username.AndroidStudio

Then re-open Android Studio then everything work fine for me.

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This is the only thing that helped me. Of note is that I had to reinstall Android studio after doing this, but at least it let me continue after doing that (where before, it did not). – John Leehey Aug 18 '17 at 23:35

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 09 '21 at 16:19

For those that are using the Android studio version 4, can find the .vmoptions in the following path: C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Google\AndroidStudio4.1

as mentioned here in the official documentation of Android: https://developer.android.com/studio/intro/studio-config

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