Android Emulator Error "emulator: ERROR: the user data image is used by another emulator. aborting"

Question

emulator: ERROR: the user data image is used by another emulator. aborting

most of the time i face this problem..I restart Eclipse even..and restart emulator also..but still problem remain as it is.Why?

pls reply Thanx

Answer 1

Hi friends,

As I get it because of System problem..still i have confusion .

But when I delete adb.exe from Task Manager(Ctrl+Alt+Del) after shutting down emulator, and restart emulator again,then problem got solve.

Answer 2

This has been answered here.

Answer 3

Problem : emulator: ERROR: the user data image is used by another emulator. Solution: Delete following folders: C:\Users\%UserName%.android\avd\AVD2.1.avd\cache.img.lock C:\Users\%UserName%.android\avd\AVD2.1.avd\userdata-qemu.img.lock