The Android emulator is not starting showing invalid command-line parameter

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I made a simple  Hello World  program in Eclipse  I added nothing to a Java file and only added a text view in file main xml as    main xml file  lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      android orientation  vertical      android layout width  fill parent      android layout height  fill parent       gt       lt TextView         android layout width  fill parent          android layout height  wrap content          android text  Hello World        gt   lt  LinearLayout gt    And now when I run my program it shows the following in the console     console output  2011-07-10 07 10 22 - demo  ------------------------------  2011-07-10 07 10 22 - demo  Android Launch   2011-07-10 07 10 24 - demo  adb is running normally   2011-07-10 07 10 24 - demo  Performing com demo DemoActivity activity launch  2011-07-10 07 10 25 - demo  Automatic Target Mode  launching new emulator with compatible AVD  vishal   2011-07-10 07 10 25 - demo  Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device  vishal   2011-07-10 07 11 06 - Emulator  invalid command-line parameter  Files Android android-sdk tools emulator-arm exe   2011-07-10 07 11 07 - Emulator  Hint  use   foo  to launch a virtual device named  foo    2011-07-10 07 11 07 - Emulator  please use -help for more information    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------    This shows my Android Virtual Device  AVD  could not start due to some reason  What can I do to fix this problem

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emulator-arm exe error  couldn t run  Problem was that my laptop has 2 graphic cards and was selected only one  the performance one  from Nvidia 555M   By selecting the other graphic card from Nvidia mediu  selected base Intel card  the emulator started

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If your SDK location path in Eclipse is in C  Program Files  x86   change to C  PROGRA 2    If you are running 32-bit Windows  C  Program Files   change the path to C  PROGRA 1

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I had the same problem  I made it work with     C  Program Files  x86  Android android-sdk tools emulator-arm exe    foo   foo is the name of your virtual device

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Remember to run  android update avd -n avd name  after change in Android SDK path

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I d suggest creating a directory junction named C  Android pointing to the actual C  Program Files  x86  Android android-sdk-windows     MKLINK  J C  Android  C  Program Files  x86  Android android-sdk-windows     and then setting the newly created junction as SDK Location for your Eclipse ADT Plugin  Eclipse menu  Window  Preference  Android   This might help for a number of tools  plugin too that have problems with spaces in paths

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As an alternative to the PROGRA 2 method  which is not working for example in IntelliJ IDEA   you can create a symbolic link    It can be named  for example  prg to Program Files  run mklink    from the command line to learn how to do it   Then run the emulator as C  prg Android android-sdk tools emulator exe  Also change the path to SDK emulator in your IDE

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NickC is correct  It is also worth pointing out that the SDK location is set in Eclipse   Window menu   Preferences   Android  If your folders are different you can check the 8 3 format of any folder with dir foldername  x at the command prompt

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I had this issue as well  The solution is  if you are on Windows as I am  to change the path to C  PROGRA 1 Android android-sdk-windows    Assuming Program Files is the first directory with the word PROGRAM in it which it should be  This worked

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There is currently a problem with R12 where the SDK location cannot contain any spaces    The default installation location is  C  Programme Files x86  Android android-sdk  They are currently fixing the problem but you can currently work around it by changing the SDK location path in eclipse to C  PROGRA 2 Android android-sdk   If you are running 32-bit Windows  change the path to C  PROGRA 1 Android android-sdk

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This don t work since Andoid SDK R12 update  I think is because SDK don t find the Java SDK Path  You can solve that by adding the Java SDK Path in your PATH environment variable

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I started Task Manager  made sure adb exe is closed  it locks some files   Create the folder C  Android Moved folder   all files from C  Program Files android-sdk to C  Android  Edited C  Documents and Settings All Users Start Menu Programs Android SDK Tools shortcuts   I considered uninstalling the SDK and re-installing  but for the life of me  where does it store the temp files    I don t want to re-download the platforms  samples and doco that I have added to the SDK

[android] The Android emulator is not starting, showing "invalid command-line parameter"

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