How can I change the path to android\avd in my Android Studio

Issue

I have such exaption

InvalidPathException: Illegal char  at index 9: C:\Users\??????\.android\avd\1.avd (show balloon)

when trying to create emulator. Can I change the location of directory .android?

Solution

1. Open control panel
2. Then go to System
3. Then go to Change Environment Variables of the User
4. Then click create a new environment variables
5. Create a new variable named ANDROID_SDK_HOME
6. Set its value to your Android directory, like C:/users/<username>/.android

Answered By - keipa