Installing apk , adb command not found

Question

I want to install apk on my emulator, I found this page how to install apk and This thread

and my problem is when I type adb in my command line I got this:

'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external commands

i set the path on windows advance, the path is the tool director in my sdk directory, I mean the path I set is C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\tools, I am working on windows 7

Answer 1

First add your Android SDK path like "C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools" to your OS path

Second use this command to restart adb:

adb kill-server
adb start-server

Answer 2

Try this

First chage your current directory to platform-tools

cd C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

Then install your apk on emulator

adb install "<Path to your apk file>"

for example

adb install "c:\Apps\abc.apk"