Intellij launch error: Could not find main class com/intellij/idea/Main

Intellij launch error in a Windows Environment.

When launching from the "Start Menu" getting a popup window with the following error:

Could not find main class com/intellij/idea/Main

Seems like a possible classpath issue. Can anyone recommend a quick fix, maybe in one of properties files?

For PyCharm, this worked:

• Uninstall PyCharm
• Download and install JDK 8
• Set your system variables
• Reinstall PyCharm