How to install older Android SDK Platform-tools 23.0.1 in Eclipse?

Question

I have made a mistake of upgrading my Platform-tools from Android SDK Manager.
As a consequence I cannot launch my project.
There is something wrong with launching the project. I get the error:

[2016-07-26 18:20:57 - MyAppliaction] The connection to adb is down, and a severe error has occured.
[2016-07-26 18:20:57 - MyAppliaction] You must restart adb and Eclipse.
[2016-07-26 18:20:57 - MyAppliaction] Please ensure that adb is correctly located at 'C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe' and can be executed.

If i try to execute adb via command line I get:

The procedure entry point WSAPoll could not be located in the dynamic link library WS2_32.dll.

Eclipse version: Version: Kepler Service Release 2
Windows XP
Android SDK tools: 25.1.7
Android Platform-tools: 24.0.1

I would like to revert to the last vesrion I know which worked, but this is not available any more in Android SDK Manager.

I have tried substituting some old adb in folder platform-tools, but that does not work either. How to return to older working version of Platform-tools?

Answer 1

You can try to download version 23.0.1 for windows from this link

http://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r23.0.1-windows.zip

Then, you may navigate to the Android SDK download location, backup the existing platform-tools folder for safe-keeping just in-case, and extract that zip there.