Android emulator not starting on eclipse

Question

I am getting the below error when trying to start an Android emulator from Eclipse :

[2013-01-03 15:10:28 - Emulator] PANIC: Could not open: test

Please note that its not same to the error:

[2011-07-10 15:32:26 - Emulator] PANIC: Could not open:C:\Users\Sam\.android/avd/Android2.1.ini

Where , ini file is giving the error. Hence, solution of mklink will not apply in my case.

In my case test is the application name.

PS: I am using Windows 7 .

Answer 1

I have seen the following solution somewhere.
Try this..

1) Create a environment variable called: ANDROID_SDK_HOME and set it to C:\Users\Administrator
2) Open Eclipse > Window > Preferences and click in Run/Debug and String Substitution
3) Add a new variable called: user.home and set it to C:\Users\Administrator
4) Create an AVD and run it.

Answer 2

I had the same problem before. All I did was open eclipse with administrator privilege.

ie,

Right-click eclipse and 
choose 'Run as administrator'

Hope it helps!

Answer 3

1. Create a environment variable called: ANDROID_SDK_HOME and set it to C:\\Users\\Administrator
2. Open Eclipse > Window > Preferences and click in Run/Debug and String Substitution
3. Add a new variable called: user.home and set it to C:\\Users\\Administrator
4. Create an AVD and run it.

• Android Emulator can't start, 'cause of wrong folder

• android emulator error:[2011-08-02 11:14:01 - Emulator] PANIC: Could not open: C:\\Users\\hallo\\.android/avd/myemu.ini

• I have problem in a emulator

Answer 4

Maybe you could find your solution in this answer . The programmer was working on D: drive (where his libraries were), so he copied the .android folder from D:\\hisName\\ to C:\\Users\\hisName\\ . Good luck!

Answer 5

thanks to another post on so which i can not find anymore i used this method :

On windows 7 (perhaps on MAC too ?) : simply delete the .android folder in your USER/ folder and voilà.

When you open eclipse or android studio, the .android folder will be recreated and your avd will run just fine.

PS : you do not need to uninstall the android sdk manager program.