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.

what's the relation between your question and `C` flag ? – MOHAMED Jan 03 '13 at 09:59 — MOHAMED, Jan 03 '13 at 09:59

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 07 '13 at 01:11

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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.

edited Feb 07 '13 at 01:11

answered Jan 03 '13 at 09:59

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The original solution can be found here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9009872/android-eclipse-panic-could-not-open – Flipper Mar 21 '13 at 22:06
I had a similar issue. Windows 7. ADT Bundle 64-bit. I was logging in to my PC with Active Directory credentials(corporate). Emulator was not starting at all, after I tried many different things. I switched to a local administrator login, and everything worked. This is not necessarily the solution. I would rather want to know how to make it work on my AD account. – cdpnet Sep 21 '13 at 18:39

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 03 '13 at 10:14

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

i.e,

Right-click eclipse and 
choose 'Run as administrator'

Hope it helps!

answered Jan 03 '13 at 10:14

Renjith

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

Create a environment variable called: ANDROID_SDK_HOME and set it to C:\Users\Administrator

Open Eclipse > Window > Preferences and click in Run/Debug and String Substitution

Add a new variable called: user.home and set it to C:\Users\Administrator

Create an AVD and run it.

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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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!

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answered Jul 19 '13 at 05:37

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 05 '15 at 20:52

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.

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