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 <rbgrn....@gmail.com> 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 <edo.noordhui...@gmail.com> 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 <jotobje...@gmail.com> 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 <edo.noordhui...@gmail.com> 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 <wa...@fuligin.com>
> > >> 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
> > >> > <edo.noordhui...@gmail.com> 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
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