IntelliJ IDEA doesn't start on my Windows machine

Question

This morning when I was trying to load IntellJ it doesn't boot up. I see idea.exe under process tab. When I tried to run idea.bat from command line, I get the following:

Invalid Log Path: Log path 'Ç:\\Users\\NAME.IdeaIC2016.3\\system\\log' is inaccessible. If you have modified the idea.log.path property please make sure it is correct otherwise please re-install the IDE.

Answer 1

Check folder permissions, it may be owned by admin for some reason. Try removing this folder so that IDEA creates it again.

Run disk tool with permissions fix.

Taken from:

https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/206156759-IntelliJ-IDEA-14-1-1-on-Mac-OSX-Log-path-Users-username-Library-Logs-IdeaIC14-is-inaccessible-