Intellij IDEA crashed, and now throws an error

Question

I work in Intellij IDEA, but my computer freezes so I turn off my computer. (long click power button) When I turned on computer and start IntelliJ IDEA I had this error:

Cannot load settings from file 'C:\Users\user\.IdeaIC13\config\options\code.style.schemes.xml': java.lang.AssertionError: Unexpected content storage modification File content will be recreated 

I close IDEA and start again, now I don't have the previous error, but when I open my project I have this error:

Error:Internal error: (org.jdom.input.JDOMParseException) Error on line 1: Content is not allowed in prolog. org.jdom.input.JDOMParseException: Error on line 1: Content is not allowed in prolog.     at org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder.build(SAXBuilder.java:533)     at org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder.build(SAXBuilder.java:946)     at com.intellij.openapi.util.JDOMUtil.loadDocument(JDOMUtil.java:364)     at com.intellij.openapi.util.JDOMUtil.loadDocument(JDOMUtil.java:342)     at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsLoaderBase.loadRootElement(JpsLoaderBase.java:69)     at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsLoaderBase.loadRootElement(JpsLoaderBase.java:40)     at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsLoaderBase.loadComponents(JpsLoaderBase.java:52)     at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsProjectLoader.loadFromDirectory(JpsProjectLoader.java:119)     at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsProjectLoader.loadProject(JpsProjectLoader.java:98)     at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.impl.JpsSerializationManagerImpl.loadModel(JpsSerializationManagerImpl.java:41)     at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.JpsModelLoaderImpl.loadModel(JpsModelLoaderImpl.java:45)     at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildRunner.load(BuildRunner.java:71)     at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildSession.runBuild(BuildSession.java:198)     at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildSession.run(BuildSession.java:113)     at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildMain$MyMessageHandler$1.run(BuildMain.java:133)     at org.jetbrains.jps.service.impl.SharedThreadPoolImpl$1.run(SharedThreadPoolImpl.java:41)     at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 1; columnNumber: 1; Content is not allowed in prolog.     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:203)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:177)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:441)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:368)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(XMLScanner.java:1436)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$PrologDriver.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:999)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:606)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:117)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:510)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:848)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:777)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:141)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1213)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:649)     at org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder.build(SAXBuilder.java:518)     ... 20 more Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 1; columnNumber: 1; Content is not allowed in prolog.     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:203)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:177)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:441)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:368)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(XMLScanner.java:1436)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$PrologDriver.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:999)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:606)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:117)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:510)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:848)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:777)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:141)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1213)     at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:649)     at org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder.build(SAXBuilder.java:518)     at org.jdom.input.SAXBuilder.build(SAXBuilder.java:946)     at com.intellij.openapi.util.JDOMUtil.loadDocument(JDOMUtil.java:364)     at com.intellij.openapi.util.JDOMUtil.loadDocument(JDOMUtil.java:342)     at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsLoaderBase.loadRootElement(JpsLoaderBase.java:69)     at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsLoaderBase.loadRootElement(JpsLoaderBase.java:40)     at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsLoaderBase.loadComponents(JpsLoaderBase.java:52)     at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsProjectLoader.loadFromDirectory(JpsProjectLoader.java:119)     at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsProjectLoader.loadProject(JpsProjectLoader.java:98)     at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.impl.JpsSerializationManagerImpl.loadModel(JpsSerializationManagerImpl.java:41)     at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.JpsModelLoaderImpl.loadModel(JpsModelLoaderImpl.java:45)     at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildRunner.load(BuildRunner.java:71)     at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildSession.runBuild(BuildSession.java:198)     at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildSession.run(BuildSession.java:113)     at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildMain$MyMessageHandler$1.run(BuildMain.java:133)     at org.jetbrains.jps.service.impl.SharedThreadPoolImpl$1.run(SharedThreadPoolImpl.java:41)     at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) 

How can I fix this problem?

Answer 1

This answer works for both IntelliJ & AndroidStudio

If you cannot even open your project in IntelliJ[AndroidStudio]:

• Close IntelliJ[AndroidStudio]

• Go to the directory <your_home>/.IntelliJIdeaXX[.AndroidStudioXX]/system/cache

  WHERE

  • <your_home> is

    • Windows Users: C:\Users\<**Your User**>\ (or %USERPROFILE%)
    • Linux Users(Ubuntu), Mac: ~/

  • XX is your IntelliJ version (This directory is "caches" in some versions.)

• Remove all the files in the cache directory.
• Then restart IntelliJ[AndroidStudio]

This has worked for me in the past.

Answer 2

my solution

In project/.idea I have broken workspace.xml file. I just close Android Studio (Intellij IDEA), remove this file and start Android Studio.

All other approaches not work for me.