Well, if like me you're stuck trying to install the latest Android SDK from Google on your Windows XP / 7 computer, this might interest you as the fix is very simple...

Symptoms In spite of meeting all system requirements, after downloading the latest SDK tools (android-sdk_r05-windows.zip), when you try to launch the SDK Setup.exe file to retrieve what you need (the actual SDK files and the USB drivers), the program starts and exits without any error message...

Fix I am very sad to admit I lost hours on the Internet looking for a fix without any luck before trying to run the tools/android.exe tool manually to see what could be done. The fix was simple: from the tools folder run those two commands

  • mkdir ..\platforms
  • mkdir ..\add-ons


Sad isn't it?