How can I change the path to android\avd in my Android Studio

Question

I have such exaption

InvalidPathException: Illegal char  at index 9: C:\Users\??????\.android\avd\1.avd (show balloon) 

when trying to create emulator. Can I change the location of directory .android?

Answer 1

1. Open control panel
2. Then go to System
3. Then go to Change Environment Variables of the User
4. Then click create a new environment variables
5. Create a new variable named ANDROID_SDK_HOME
6. Set its value to your Android directory, like C:/users/<username>/.android

Answer 2

I tried suggested solution but did not work for me. In my case I have to add a different variable so steps for me were:

1. Open Control Panel
2. Then go to System and Security
3. Then go to System
4. Then go to Advanced system settings
5. Then go to Change Environment Variables of the User
6. Then click create a new environment variables
7. Create a new variable named ANDROID_AVD_HOME
8. Set its value to your Android directory, like C:/users/<username>/.android