Android Studio : emulator is already running

Question

I am trying to run emulator on my android studio 8.14. When I click run it says it is already running. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I restarted the computer and it worked for me!

Answer 2

This working for me :

Invalidate chaches/ restart

Go to

1 - File

2 - Select Invalidate Cahes / Restart

Answer 3

For Windows: Step By Step Instructions below:

1. Locate the avd folder: *C:\Users\username\.android\avd*
2. Try delete *lock and figure out the process holding the lock
3. Ctrl+Shift+Esc to get to TaskManager
4. Select Pid and Process name by right clicking on the header
5. Get the PID number of the offending application
6. on cmd type: taskkill /F /PID /PIDnumber
7. Now go back to the avd folder & delete the *lock files. It will work.
8. Restart Emulator