Android Studio: Unable to start the daemon process

Question

I'm facing the below error when I'm trying to import a gradle project in Android Studio.

Unable to start the daemon process.
This problem might be caused by incorrect configuration of the daemon.
For example, an unrecognized jvm option is used.
Please refer to the user guide chapter on the daemon at http://gradle.org/docs/1.8/userguide/gradle_daemon.html
Please read below process output to find out more: 

and this is the output I see:

18:25:42.484 [main] DEBUG o.g.l.daemon.bootstrap.DaemonMain - Assuming the daemon was started with following jvm opts: [-XX:MaxPermSize=256m, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -Xmx1024m, -Dfile.encoding=windows-1252]
18:25:43.254 [main] DEBUG o.g.l.daemon.server.DaemonServices - Creating daemon context with opts: [-XX:MaxPermSize=256m, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -Xmx1024m, -Dfile.encoding=windows-1252]
18:25:43.306 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.logging.internal.DefaultLoggingConfigurer] Finished configuring with level: DEBUG, configurers: [org.gradle.logging.internal.OutputEventRenderer@47078ad, org.gradle.logging.internal.logback.LogbackLoggingConfigurer@7402a821, org.gradle.logging.internal.JavaUtilLoggingConfigurer@5a6c4a07]
18:25:43.356 [INFO] [org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.Daemon] start() called on daemon - DefaultDaemonContext[uid=e58252c1-7a49-4be4-a6cd-1bd3d6d0880d,javaHome=C:Program FilesJavajdk1.7.0_45,daemonRegistryDir=C:UsersSowmya.gradledaemon,pid=15432,idleTimeout=60000,daemonOpts=-XX:MaxPermSize=256m,-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError,-Xmx1024m,-Dfile.encoding=windows-1252]
18:25:43.362 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.DaemonStateCoordinator] updating lastActivityAt to 1386593743362
18:25:43.702 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.messaging.remote.internal.inet.InetAddressFactory] Adding IP addresses for network interface lo
18:25:43.705 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.messaging.remote.internal.inet.InetAddressFactory] Is this a loopback interface? true
18:25:43.706 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.messaging.remote.internal.inet.InetAddressFactory] Adding loopback address /127.0.0.1
18:25:43.707 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.messaging.remote.internal.inet.InetAddressFactory] Adding loopback address /0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1
18:25:43.708 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.messaging.remote.internal.inet.InetAddressFactory] Adding IP addresses for network interface net0
18:25:43.711 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.messaging.remote.internal.inet.InetAddressFactory] Is this a loopback interface? false
DefaultDaemonContext[uid=e58252c1-7a49-4be4-a6cd-1bd3d6d0880d,javaHome=C:Program FilesJavajdk1.7.0_45,daemonRegistryDir=C:UsersSowmya.gradledaemon,pid=15432,idleTimeout=60000,daemonOpts=-XX:MaxPermSize=256m,-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError,-Xmx1024m,-Dfile.encoding=windows-1252]
18:25:43.951 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultFileLockManager] Waiting to acquire exclusive lock on daemon addresses registry.
18:25:43.954 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultFileLockManager] Lock acquired.
18:25:43.957 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultFileLockManager] Releasing lock on daemon addresses registry.
18:25:43.962 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultFileLockManager] Waiting to acquire exclusive lock on daemon addresses registry.
18:25:43.963 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultFileLockManager] Lock acquired.
18:25:43.966 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultFileLockManager] Releasing lock on daemon addresses registry.
18:25:43.976 [ERROR] [system.err] 
18:25:43.977 [ERROR] [system.err] FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
18:25:43.977 [ERROR] [system.err] 
18:25:43.978 [ERROR] [system.err] * What went wrong:
18:25:43.979 [ERROR] [system.err] Could not write cache value to 'C:UsersSowmya.gradledaemon1.8
egistry.bin'.
18:25:43.979 [ERROR] [system.err] 
18:25:43.980 [ERROR] [system.err] * Try:
18:25:43.981 [ERROR] [system.err] Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
18:25:44.009 [INFO] [org.gradle.launcher.daemon.bootstrap.DaemonMain] Daemon[pid = 15432] process has finished.
18:25:44.010 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.launcher.daemon.registry.PersistentDaemonRegistry] Removing daemon address: [9ae053cd-4dc2-4cb8-8f60-bb3c5983eb67 port:55117, addresses:[/127.0.0.1, /0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]]
18:25:44.011 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultFileLockManager] Waiting to acquire exclusive lock on daemon addresses registry.
18:25:44.012 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultFileLockManager] Lock acquired.
18:25:44.013 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultFileLockManager] Releasing lock on daemon addresses registry.
18:25:44.014 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultFileLockManager] Waiting to acquire exclusive lock on daemon addresses registry.
18:25:44.015 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultFileLockManager] Lock acquired.
18:25:44.016 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultFileLockManager] Releasing lock on daemon addresses registry.
18:25:44.021 [DEBUG] [org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.Daemon] VM shutdown hook was unable to remove the daemon address from the registry. It will be cleaned up later.
org.gradle.api.GradleException: Could not write cache value to 'C:UsersSowmya.gradledaemon1.8
egistry.bin'.
    at org.gradle.cache.internal.SimpleStateCache.serialize(SimpleStateCache.java:74)
    at org.gradle.cache.internal.SimpleStateCache.access$100(SimpleStateCache.java:28)
    at org.gradle.cache.internal.SimpleStateCache$2.run(SimpleStateCache.java:50)
    at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultFileLockManager$DefaultFileLock.doWriteAction(DefaultFileLockManager.java:198)
    at org.gradle.cache.internal.DefaultFileLockManager$DefaultFileLock.writeFile(DefaultFileLockManager.java:187)
    at org.gradle.cache.internal.OnDemandFileAccess.writeFile(OnDemandFileAccess.java:58)
    at org.gradle.cache.internal.SimpleStateCache.set(SimpleStateCache.java:48)
    at org.gradle.cache.internal.FileIntegrityViolationSuppressingPersistentStateCacheDecorator.set(FileIntegrityViolationSuppressingPersistentStateCacheDecorator.java:38)
    at org.gradle.cache.internal.FileIntegrityViolationSuppressingPersistentStateCacheDecorator.update(FileIntegrityViolationSuppressingPersistentStateCacheDecorator.java:46)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.registry.PersistentDaemonRegistry.remove(PersistentDaemonRegistry.java:109)
    at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.Daemon$1.run(Daemon.java:100)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:UsersSowmya.gradledaemon1.8
egistry.bin (Access is denied)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:221)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:171)
    at org.gradle.cache.internal.SimpleStateCache.serialize(SimpleStateCache.java:67)
    ... 10 more`

I've turned off my anti-virus which was mentioned in a solution in SO. But nothing seems to work.

Answer 1

Try deleting your .gradle from C:Users<username> directory and try again.