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    IntelliJ IDEA

    Start IntelliJ IDEA on Windows

    Overview

    To start IntelliJ IDEA on Windows operating system, follow the steps outlined in this tutorial. There are many ways to launch the IDE.

    Desktop Icon

    IntelliJ IDEA Desktop Shortcut Win11

    During the installation, we can select the option to create a Desktop shortcut for the IDE.

    IntelliJ IDEA Desktop Shortcut Icon

    Double-click on the IntelliJ IDEA desktop shortcut to start the IDE.

    File Associations

    We can create file associations with *.java files on the machine. So that, we can open the Java files with the IntelliJ IDEA tool. During the installation, we can select the option to create file association with *.java, *.groovy files.

    Double-click on the Java source files, and groovy files will launch the IntelliJ IDEA tool.

    Search bar

    Click on the Search icon in the Taskbar. Search for IntelliJ IDEA in the search bar. This will display the App link in the search result. Click on the IntelliJ IDEA App search result to launch the tool.

     

    IntelliJ IDEA Search Result Win11

    Taskbar

    Click on the Taskbar pinned IntelliJ icon to start the tool. For easy access, we can pin the IntelliJ IDEA shortcut to the Windows Taskbar.

    Choose Pin to taskbar link in the Search result for the IntelliJ App.

    IntelliJ Taskbar Icon Win11

    Install Folder

    Browse the IntelliJ IDEA installation folder path. Run the idea64.exe from the installation bin folder.

    The default install destination folder path would be:

    Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition <version>\bin

    or

    Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition <version>\bin

     

    Start IntelliJ IDEA Win11

    This will launch the tool. This approach will be useful when the desktop icon or the taskbar icon is not present. We can also create a shortcut on the Desktop.

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    IntelliJ IDEA Tutorials

    IntelliJ IDE tutorials on this website can be found at:

    https://www.testingdocs.com/intellij-ide-tutorials

    For more information on IntelliJ IDE visit the official website:

    https://www.jetbrains.com/idea

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