Running AVD is giving error

Question

Command I'm running:

C:\Users\bhaishaki\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools\emulator.exe -netdelay none -netspeed full -avd Nexus_5_API_22_x86

emulator: ERROR: Could not initialize OpenglES emulation, use '-gpu off' to disable it.
could not get wglGetExtensionsStringARB
could not get wglGetExtensionsStringARB
could not get wglGetExtensionsStringARB
could not get wglGetExtensionsStringARB
could not get wglGetExtensionsStringARB
could not get wglGetExtensionsStringARB
could not get wglGetExtensionsStringARB
could not get wglGetExtensionsStringARB
getGLES1ExtensionString: Could not find GLES 1.x config!
Failed to obtain GLES 1.x extensions string!
Could not initialize emulated framebuffer

Answer 1

If you're using Android Studio, launch the AVD Manager, edit the Nexus AVD (ie. click the pencil icon), and in the resulting window, uncheck the "Use Host GPU" checkbox.

That fixed the error for me and allowed me to launch the emulator from Android Studio.