I can't install intel HAXM

Question

Alright, so I did everything I could possibly find online, and nothing worked.

So I went to the Intel website, and I downloaded the HAXM installer that they provide (instead of using the one downloaded through Android Studio).

The installation actually went through with this installer and it was installed successfully. Then I open Android Studio, and the emulator finally loaded!

So, for anyone else having this problem, just download the installer directly from the Intel website.

Here's the link:

https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager

I think your problem was that you thought that the installer in Android SDK Manager would actually INSTALL the Intel HAXM. But the hook is that it WILL NOT INSTALL it. What it does is extracts the files needed for (really) install Intel HAXM.

I found that out when I got the same problem and then read this in Intel's web page:

Downloading through Android* SDK Manager

... Other steps ...

5) The SDK Manager will download the installer to the "extras" directory, under the main SDK directory. Even though the SDK manager says "Installed" it actually means that the Intel HAXM executable was downloaded. You will still need to run the installer from the "extras" directory to get it installed.

6) Run the installer inside the /sdk/extras/intel/Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager/ directory and follow the installation instructions for your platform.

So all I needed to do was go to folder where my Android SDK was, opened that folder (sdk_location/sdk/extras/intel/Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager) and run the silent_install.bat.

After this when I launched my emulator, it said this:

HAXM is working and emulator runs fast virt mode

and everything works as should!

You can also use some useful parameters with silent_install.bat:

• -v Print HAXM version
• -c Check VT/NX capability of the platform
• -h Print usage

Make sure the emulator is not running while installing HAXM. Otherwise, there will be an error which you only see when using the standalone installer but not within Android Studio or IntelliJ Idea.

dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V

or

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

Other things you may need to do:

• If using Avast? disable Enable hardware-assisted virtualization under: Settings > Troubleshooting
• bcdedit /set nx AlwaysOn
• sfc /scannow and reboot

Important: After anything you try, Restart the PC and try to run the HAXM installation again