Question

Currently I have Android SDK 2.1 (+ tools revision 4). I’d like to upgrade to Android SDK 2.2. When I try to do it I’m informed I need to upgrade Android SDK Tools to revision 7 first. So I agree, the process starts and then I get an error:

-= warning! =- A folder failed to be renamed or moved. On Windows this
typically means that a program Is
using that Folder (for example Windows
Explorer or your anti-virus software.)
Please momentarily deactivate your
anti-virus software. Please also close
any running programs that may be
accessing the directory
‘D:\Install\Programming\android-sdk-working-dir\android-sdk_r04-windows\android-sdk-windows\too!s’.
When ready, press YES to try again.

Downloading Android SDK Tools,
revision 7 Installing Android SDK
Tools, revision 7

Failed to rename
directory
D:\Install\Programming\android-sdk-working-dir\android-sdk_r04-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools to
D:\Install\Programming\android-sdk-working-dir\android-sdk_r04-windows\android-sdk-windows\temp\ToolPackage.old01.

I am aware of http/https and antivirus issues. So I disactivated my AV. I also closed any application that might hold a handle to the folder. Eclipse is also closed (I start the manager via command line). However I still get the same error.

Looks like the only app that can hold a handle to the folder is the manager itself, because its starting directory is the one the error complains about (‘\tools’).

I am on Win XP Pro + SP3. I run as admin.

Does anyone have an idea?

Answer 1

I think they fixed this problem in the later version of the tools, but I ran into this a while back. Here’s what I did:

1. Copied tools\ to scrap\ within the SDK directory
2. Ran android from the scrap\ directory
3. Did the upgrade
4. Deleted the scrap\ directory when done

I might have had to also change environment variables (e.g., PATH) that had been pointing to tools\ to point to scrap\ during this process — I’m a bit fuzzy on the details.