title: Android Studio 3.0.1 - Emulator black screen
body: <p>I'm using Android studio v3.0.1 and trying to use the emulator. I have created several different virtual devices but all of them fail to boot.</p>
  
  <p>The IDE says 'waiting for target device to come online'.</p>
  
  <p>I have reinstalled Android studio, the emulator, SDK. I have wiped each virtual device and cold booted and still the same.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried the solutions presented in other similar questions on here but it appears to have a different cause.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a fix?</p>
  
  <p>Error message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>15:18   Emulator: qemu-system-i386.exe: Unable to open C:\Users\Sam\.android\avd\Nexus_5_API_27.avd\data\misc\pstore\pstore.bin: Permission denied
  </code></pre>