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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Getting Started with Android Setting Up an Android Development Environment for Windows

Kyouhyung Kim
Kyouhyung Kim
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Java studio keeps making .androidstudiobeta folder in my OneDrive folder instead of %UserProfile% folder.

I use OneDrive to sync my personal documents and files, including some core Windows user library folders such as Desktop. When setting up this android studio, I found out that this software creates .androidstudiobeta folder in one of my OneDrive folder, and I can't figure out why this happens. The folder itself is called "User" and I have "Desktop"(Windows user library folder) and just some personal documents. Other than the existence of desktop folder, the User folder is of no significance in terms of system functions whatsoever. It's not part of Ondrive default folders such as "Documents" or "Pictures". I thought maybe the folder name "User" was a problem and tried changing the folder name to "UserFolder". Android Studio seems to somehow follow me into the renamed folder. This is really frustrating because Iwant to keep the learning materials isolated from the rest of my cloud, and in addition, for some reason the folder path is giving me problems starting up my AVD device. I am running on Windows 8.1 Pro x64. Windows is genuine and has all the latest updates.

1 Answer

Hi there!

Iยดm was having the same problem but with DROPBOX, I found the solution here: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/entries/23348963

You have to edit a file using a text editor before installing android studio. The file is the following: .../android-studio/bin/idea.properties

Remember to uncomment the lines so they can work (Delete the "#").