Problem creating a Maven project in Intellij

Hello,
I’m trying to start using maven/intellij to develop my vaadin applications, but when I add the archetype and click Finish it throws the following error in the console

"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_25\bin\java" -Dmaven.home=C:\dev\apache-maven-3.2.3 -Dclassworlds.conf=C:\dev\apache-maven-3.2.3\bin\m2.conf -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath C:\dev\apache-maven-3.2.3\boot\plexus-classworlds-2.5.1.jar org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher -Didea.version=13.1.5 -DinteractiveMode=false -DgroupId=com.example -DartifactId=Demooo -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT -DarchetypeGroupId=com.vaadin -DarchetypeArtifactId=vaadin-archetype-application "-DarchetypeVersion=LATEST " org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:RELEASE:generate
[INFO]
 Scanning for projects...
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 Building Maven Stub Project (No POM) 1
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 >>> maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) > generate-sources @ standalone-pom >>>
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[INFO]
 <<< maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) < generate-sources @ standalone-pom <<<
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[INFO]
 --- maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) @ standalone-pom ---
[INFO]
 Generating project in Batch mode
[INFO]
 Archetype repository missing. Using the one from [com.vaadin:vaadin-archetype-application:7.3.3]
 found in catalog remote
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/vaadin/vaadin-archetype-application/LATEST /vaadin-archetype-application-LATEST .jar
[WARNING]
 Failed to write tracking file C:\Users\Reda\.m2\repository\com\vaadin\vaadin-archetype-application\LATEST \vaadin-archetype-application-LATEST .jar.lastUpdated
java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\Reda\.m2\repository\com\vaadin\vaadin-archetype-application\LATEST \vaadin-archetype-application-LATEST .jar.lastUpdated (The system cannot find the path specified)
    at java.io.RandomAccessFile.open(Native Method)
    at java.io.RandomAccessFile.<init>(RandomAccessFile.java:243)
    at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.TrackingFileManager.update(TrackingFileManager.java:96)
    at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultUpdateCheckManager.write(DefaultUpdateCheckManager.java:602)
    at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultUpdateCheckManager.touchArtifact(DefaultUpdateCheckManager.java:538)
    at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultArtifactResolver.evaluateDownloads(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:631)
    at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultArtifactResolver.performDownloads(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:550)
    at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:436)
    at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolveArtifacts(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:262)
    at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolveArtifact(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:239)
    at org.eclipse.aether.internal.impl.DefaultRepositorySystem.resolveArtifact(DefaultRepositorySystem.java:295)
    at org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:222)
    at org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:164)
    at org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:555)
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.downloader.DefaultDownloader.download(DefaultDownloader.java:70)
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.common.DefaultArchetypeArtifactManager.exists(DefaultArchetypeArtifactManager.java:272)
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.ui.generation.DefaultArchetypeGenerationConfigurator.configureArchetype(DefaultArchetypeGenerationConfigurator.java:114)
    at org.apache.maven.archetype.mojos.CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.execute(CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.java:205)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:132)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:116)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:80)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:120)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:347)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:154)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:582)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:214)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:158)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
    at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:46)
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 BUILD FAILURE
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 Total time: 7.264 s
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 Finished at: 2014-10-26T11:11:21-07:00
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 Final Memory: 13M/162M
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[ERROR]
 Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:2.2:generate (default-cli) on project standalone-pom: The desired archetype does not exist (com.vaadin:vaadin-archetype-application:LATEST ) -> [Help 1]

[ERROR]
 
[ERROR]
 To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
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 Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
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[ERROR]
 For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
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 [Help 1]
 http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException
[ERROR]
 Maven execution terminated abnormally (exit code 1)

I installed everything from scratch (Java SE 8, Mave 3.2.3, Intellij 13.1) and setup the enviroment variables as follows

JAVA_HOME: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_25 M2_HOME: C:\dev\apache-maven-3.2.3 Path: ​%JAVA_HOME%\bin; %M2_HOME%\bin I also checked the .m2 folder and wasn’t able to find the settings.xml

Is there anything I’m missing or I need to configure in Intellij? Any suggestions on how to fix this?

the problem went away when I uninstalled IntelliJ from “Program Files (x86)” and installed it in “Program Files” instead