IntelliJ Gradle Plugin: The supplied javaHome seems to be invalid

Question

Similar to:
- Intellij 14 the supplied javaHome seems to be invalid
- Android Studio - supplied javaHome is not a valid folder

However, I am trying to use my JAVA_HOME variable which is set to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_40

I do not understand why intellij is looking for the JDK inside of its install directory.

In intellij:

Executing external task 'bootRun'... The supplied javaHome seems to be invalid. I cannot find the java executable. Tried location: C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 14.1\jre\bin\java.exe External task execution finished 'bootRun'. 

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C:\>java -version java version "1.8.0_40" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_40-b25) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.40-b25, mixed mode) 

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C:>env ... JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_40 ... 

Answer 1

In my case the answers above didn't work. Here's what work for me: I needed to change Gradle JVM to point to the actual JDK: