Android emulator won't boot up

Question

I\'m trying to install android sdk and run my first application on my PC (Win7 64 bit). I followed instructions on http://developer.android.com from the beginning to http://

Answer 1

I run into this issue at least once every time I try to start a new project, maybe from projects sharing devices. In the following folder:

C:\Users\.android\avd\ (e.g. Nexus_5_API_23.avd)

I had to delete the following files pictured. I tried deleting the .qcow2 files as one user mentioned without luck. Notice all the files deleted are the newest modified files/folders (see the Date Modified column) that are not .ini or .conf files.

UPDATE: It seems if I delete just the snapshots directory (pictured above), that does the trick too.