I also just upgraded from Vista to Windows7 and have the exact same problem. Please post if you come up with a solution.
On Oct 31, 12:05 am, Robert Green <[email protected]> wrote: > I used to run Eclipse 3.4 / Java 1.6 / Android SDK 1.0,1.1,1.5,1.6 on > Vista 64 but recently did a clean install of Windows 7. > > Now I'm running Eclipse 3.4 / Java 32 and 64 1.6 / Android SDK 1.5-2.0 > on Windows 7 Professional x64 without any problems. > > Windows 7 seems to handle everything exactly the same way vista did. > It is a derivative of Vista, after all. > > Edo, I'd say your problem is more with your specific environment or > configuration than it is with Windows 7. Consider wiping all of your > java installation stuff and environment variables and reinstalling > java to get it clean. I didn't set any special environment variables > for anything anywhere. > > In fact, all I did was dump eclipse on, drop the SDK into c: > \Android_SDK and install ADT. Everything worked first try - but it > was a totally clean installation. > > On Oct 30, 3:41 pm, Edo Noordhuizen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've ran the line and found the user.home property is set to > > C:\Users\PARA ... there is no user named PARA on my system. > > I've quickly searched through the registry, and all I can think of > > right now is that PARA are the first 4 letters of the computer > > manufacturer??.. I'll be doing some more searching later tonight.. > > Thanks a lot for your help! > > > With kind regards, > > Edo Noordhuizen > > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:20 PM, jotobjects <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That's weird if Windows 7 does this in a new way. You need to know > > > where the Java system property user.home is because that is the > > > default location for your AVD images. > > > > This one line program will list the properties - > > > > public static void main(String[] args) { > > > System.getProperties().list(System.out); > > > } > > > > On Oct 29, 3:30 pm, Edo Noordhuizen <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I have ran all apps as administrator, this didn't solve my problem.. > > >> My guess is the problem has something to do with the user.home > > >> property, but I'm not sure.. > > > >> Thanks, > > >> Edo > > > >> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Wayne Wenthin <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > Run it with elevated permissions? It needs to write to the drive so > > >> > you > > >> > may need to run any install as administrator. Same with any command > > >> > prompts. > > > >> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Edo Noordhuizen > > >> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> >> Hi, > > > >> >> I have a problem getting the Android SDK to work on my new Windows 7 > > >> >> computer. > > >> >> The ADT plugin in Eclipse will not open, when I run SDK setup.exe I do > > >> >> get a window, but settings wont get saved, and the app disappears when > > >> >> I click 'New' in the virtual devices pane.. When I run android.bat > > >> >> from a command prompt I get the following error: > > >> >> ---snip--- > > >> >> Error: Unable to read AVDs > > >> >> Error: Unable to get the home directory. Make sure the user.home > > >> >> property is set up > > >> >> Error: Unable to get the home directory. Make sure the user.home > > >> >> property is set up > > >> >> com.android.prefs.AndroidLocation$AndroidLocationException: Unable to > > >> >> get the home directory. Make sure the user.home property is set up > > >> >> ---snip--- > > >> >> I have a dutch install of windows 7 where the users directory is named > > >> >> differently, and already tried to change the HOMEPATH, APPDATA, > > >> >> LOCALAPPDATA, and USERPROFILE paths in the registry to the dutch > > >> >> version of the directory..which didn´t work either.. > > > >> >> Does anybody have any suggestions? Or a solution perhaps? > > > >> >> Thanks, > > >> >> Edo > > > >> >> Eclipse version: GALILEO (Eclipse IDE for Java Developers Build id: > > >> >> 20090920-1017) > > >> >> Android SDK version: Android sdk r3 windows (I tried previous sdk > > >> >> versions.. same problem) > > >> >> Windows 7 Home Premium .. > > > >> > -- > > >> > Writing code is one of few things > > >> > that teaches me I don't know everything. > > > >> >http://www.fuligin.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
