Cannot create an Android Virtual Device "/dev/kvm" is not found on Windows

Question

I have been using Android Studio on my computer for about two years now. I recently updated to Windows 10, and have started having a few issues, most of which have been fixed.

However, now I am unable to create emulators of any phone, and Android Studio says "Intel HAXM is required to run this AVD. /dev/kvm is not found. Enable VT-x in your BIOS security settings, ensure that your Linux distro has working KVM module."

Yet this laptop is not running Ubuntu or any other form of Linux. I have tried installing the Intel HAXM from https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager-end-user-license-agreement but the emulator is still getting the same error.

Anyone know what I can do to fix this issue?

Answer 1

I met with the same problem.After searching for answers,I didn't get an accurate answer.I tried in different ways.Finally,I worked it out. First,ensure you have already downloaded HAXM,and enabled VT-x in your BIOS security settings. Second,double click intelhaxm-android.exe in \Android\sdk\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager,install it. This way works for me.

Answer 2

So I ran into this issue also, however, VT was enabled in the BIOS and I didn't have Hyper-V.

I was able to fix it by uninstalling HAXM

1. Navigate to

   Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features

2. Find

   Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager

3. Click

   Uninstall

and then reinstalling it,

1. Navigate to SDK folder

   default path >> C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk

2. Drill down to the HAXM sub-directory

   \extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager

3. Run HAMX installer

   intelhaxm-android.exe

finally, I was able to launch Android Studio and run the emulator without the VT-x message.