title: The connection to adb is down, and a severe error has occurred
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4072706/the-connection-to-adb-is-down-and-a-severe-error-has-occured">The connection to adb is down, and a severe error has occured</a>  </p>
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  <p>I am currently trying to develop an application for Android in the latest release of Eclipse. When I try to build and run, the following comes up: </p>
  
  <pre><code>[2011-02-17 17:08:03 - &lt;ProgramName&gt;] The connection to adb is down, and a severe error has occured.
  [2011-02-17 17:08:03 - &lt;ProgramName&gt;] You must restart adb and Eclipse.
  [2011-02-17 17:08:03 - &lt;ProgramName&gt;] Please ensure that adb is correctly located at 'C:\&lt;sdk-directory&gt;s\platform-tools\adb.exe' and can be executed.
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  <p>Now, I have updated the ADT plugin, I have the latest version of the Android SDK; adb.exe is, in fact, in the platform-tools directory and can be executed. I've tried everything I found on Google:</p>
  
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  <li>I tried adb kill-server and adb start-server</li>
  <li>I tried to run it with an without an emulator started</li>
  <li>I have the given directory in my PATH (I tried with just the platform-tools in the path and I tried with having both platform-tools and tools in my PATH).</li>
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  <p>Notes: I am running Windows 7. Also, I have previously tested apps in Eclipse. This error is new to me since upgrading the SDK. </p>