title: emulator virtual device not booting; log shows 'unknown error'
body: <p>I am trying to start an android virtual device with the emulator on an old XP SP2 desktop.
  The device comes up with a blank screen and does not even show the initial android logo. I checked previous posts and possibly <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10022580">this Q</a> is similar but unanswered.
  So here goes -I started the emulator on cmd prompt with verbose option and I see unknown error
  reported:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>emulator: Realistic sensor emulation is not available, since the
    remote controll er is not accessible:  Unknown error emulator:
    emulator window was out of view and was recentered</p>
    
    <p>emulator: Could not open file: ÿ-": No such file or directory
    emulator: control console listening on port 5554, ADB on port 5555
    emulator: sent '0012host:emulator:5555' to ADB server</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Incidentally adb does not list the device. The device buttons respond to mouse but screen remains blank and as I said earlier I dont see it come up with the boot screen. I also tried powering on using the power button but with no luck. I should add I also created a couple of devices with different names but with no change. </p>
  
  <p>Any pointers on how to fix greatly appreciated.</p>