Error adb.exe when running Visual Studio 2015 RC

Question

When I try to deploy an application in VS 2015 with Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO), I get this error:

Unable to start program C:\users\pc\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe

operation not supported. unknown error 0x80070057

I have confirmed that adb.exe exists in my computer

Answer 1

I found the solution to fix this issue on my project by directly running the ADB command to install the APK file on my device to make it so I can see the actual reason the deploy to my phone was failing:

adb install android-debug.apk

Which gave me the error:

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE]

which I was then able to google and find the solution to that problem.

Mine was failing because I had deleted my test version of the app from my phone but the reinstall of the test app was failing because the production app was loaded.

INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE when I try to install compiled .apk on device

Your problem may be different than mine, but this methodology may allow you to track your problem down.