Azure Storage Emulator error and does not start

Question

This error is really driving me crazy. (Terminal running in administrator mode)

Initialization of azure storage emulator in sql server 2014:

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Answer 1

I got similar issue with visual studio while trying to run Azure Functions. AzureStorageEmulator.exe init worked for me

Answer 2

In the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\Storage Emulator\AzureStorageEmulator.exe.config you need to change port numbers:

Answer 3

Check if you are running BitTorrent/uTorrent or similar software using port 10000.

Check Steve Marx' blog post about the issue. http://blog.smarx.com/posts/windows-azure-storage-emulator-the-process-cannot-access-the-file-because-it-is-being-used-by-another-process

In case that post disappears, the command to check if any other software is using that port is:

C:\Users\smarx>netstat -p tcp -ano | findstr :10000
  TCP    127.0.0.1:10000        0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING       3672

Answer 4

Windows Backup Agent was running on my VM box on port 10000 - moving to 10003 (via the .exe.config file worked)