Error Launching AVD - "Could not open file: (null)/system/build.prop: No such file or directory"

Question

When I open the AVD from the CMD window using

C:\Android\adt-bundle-windows-x86\sdk\tools>emulator.exe -avd Nexus-7-001 -verbose

everything seems OK until the line below "Could not open file: (null)/system/build.prop: No such file or directory"

Although the emulator opens, attempting to select an app yields an error, "Unfortunately the launcher has stopped."

I have uninstalled and re-downloaded the ADT => the same problem. Can you tell me if there is a way to be sure to remove all of the ADT? Also can this problem be caused by remnants of the old ADT (previous version of Eclipse) or is it something else entirely?

I have the same problem on a Windows 7 and a Windows Vista OS system.

C:\Android\adt-bundle-windows-x86\sdk\tools>emulator.exe -avd Nexus-7-001 -verbose
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emulator: Trace file name is not set

emulator: autoconfig: -scale 0.569531
emulator: Could not open file: (null)/system/build.prop: No such file or directory
emulator: control console listening on port 5554, ADB on port 5555
emulator: can't connect to ADB server: connection refused
emulator: ping program: C:\Android\adt-bundle-windows-x86\sdk\tools\ddms.bat
emulator: ping command: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C "C:\Android\adt-bundle-windows-x86\sdk\tools\ddms.bat" ping emulator 21.0.1.0 "NVIDIA Corporati
on" "GeForce G210M/PCI/SSE2" "3.0.0"
goldfish_fb_get_pixel_format:167: display surface,pixel format:
  bits/pixel:  16
  bytes/pixel: 2
  depth:       16
  red:         bits=5 mask=0xf800 shift=11 max=0x1f
  green:       bits=6 mask=0x7e0 shift=5 max=0x3f
  blue:        bits=5 mask=0x1f shift=0 max=0x1f
  alpha:       bits=0 mask=0x0 shift=0 max=0x0

Answer 1

1) Check the system image is properly installed.

2) check the driver of the graphic card you are with.

Answer 2

I have faced this problem before. To solve this problem, just launch Eclipse with administrative privilege. It worked for me on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.