Unable to create Debug Bridge: Unable to start adb server: Unable to obtain result of 'adb version'

Question

I am running Android Studio on Windows 10 64 bit. I upgraded to the latest build and SDK the morning of 5/20, and since then I get the above error when opening Android Studi

Answer 1

I probably should have done this as part of my initial troubleshooting, but I ended up disabling Windows Firewall and my anti-virus (Trend Micro). The firewall did nothing, but disabling Trend Micro completely solved the issue....

Somehow, for some reason, Trend Micro decided to start not liking the daemon being created by ADB. 4 days of tears and frustration over such a small thing. Hopefully this helps someone else one day avoid it.