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

Question

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

Answer 1

Delete C:\Users\yourname.gradle

Then go to File>Settings>Build, Execution, Deployment>Build Tools>Gradle, and edit Gradle user home, to empty, when it's empty, it will automatically set to default.