How to solve AndroidEclipse PANIC Could not open
Here i am going to discuss about how to solve problem AndroidEclipse PANIC Could not open .
![Android Eclipse log](https://i0.wp.com/www.plusdigit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Android-Eclipse-log-300x230.jpg?resize=300%2C230)
Sometime when we are tring to run Android Eclipse,then we get the following error
[2013-10-1010:10:10 – Test2] Android Launch!
[2013-10-1010:10:10 – Test2] adb is running normally.
[2013-10-1010:10:10 – Test2] Performing com.example.test2.MainActivity activity launch
[2013-10-1010:10:10 – Test2] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device ‘dev1’
[2013-10-1010:10:10 – Emulator] PANIC: Could not open: dev1
because of this error we cannot start the emulated device. It keeps saying PANIC Cannot start device...
as below screenshot.
![AndroidEclipse PANIC Could not open-1](https://i0.wp.com/www.plusdigit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/AndroidEclipse-PANIC-Could-not-open-11.jpg?resize=871%2C394)
For this problem,we can do the following step:
Step:1
Open location of virtual device in computer.For example given below
![AndroidEclipse PANIC Could not open-03](https://i0.wp.com/www.plusdigit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/AndroidEclipse-PANIC-Could-not-open-03-1024x407.jpg?resize=618%2C246)
Step:2
Open Android Eclipse and navigate through the following setup,
Eclipse > Window > Preferences and click in Run/Debug and String Substitution
![AndroidEclipse PANIC Could not open](https://i0.wp.com/www.plusdigit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/AndroidEclipse-PANIC-Could-not-open-2-1024x575.jpg?resize=618%2C347)
Add a new variable called: user.home and set it to Virtual device location as per screenshot (D:\Users\Administrator Create an AVD )
![AndroidEclipse PANIC Could not open](https://i0.wp.com/www.plusdigit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/AndroidEclipse-PANIC-Could-not-open-4-1024x585.jpg?resize=618%2C353)
Step:3
Set Environment variable
Open MyComputer properties:>go to advanced option and create new system variable:
Variable Name:ANDROID_SDK_HOME
Variable Value:D:\Users\Administrator (location of virtual device)
![AndroidEclipse PANIC Could not open](https://i0.wp.com/www.plusdigit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/AndroidEclipse-PANIC-Could-not-open-5-300x242.jpg?resize=300%2C242)
and finally run it,if it is not working just restart the system,it will work.If you have any problem or queries with this above step,write comment
Very Nice Post
I tried the above step but it is not working,it showing same error
“PANIC: Could not open”
Please restart system after above step