emulator problem

I do realize this is not a problem related to your book
but
I did download and install the new SDK from google - no errors - but it seems like eclipse does not run an emulator - I tried to run the emulator from the command prompt -- same error message
I did follow the google instruction precise to create a new AVD I named it new3.
the AVD will show up correct in command prompt using ‘android list target’. The AVD is installed (Vista) under my user name—and I can see it there. I tried all different API 1-2-3 and all give me the same problem – run and debug give me no error - but only these messages -- I do not want to move forward to work thru the book - until this problem is resolved
any help or suggestions are very much appreciated
thanks
[2009-05-14 12:05:16 – mygame] --—-—-—-—-——-
[2009-05-14 12:05:16 – mygame] Android Launch!
[2009-05-14 12:05:16 – mygame] adb is running normally.
[2009-05-14 12:05:16 – mygame] Performing sync
[2009-05-14 12:05:16 – mygame] Automatic Target Mode: Preferred AVD ‘new3’ is not available. Launching new emulator.
[2009-05-14 12:05:16 – mygame] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device ‘new3’
[2009-05-14 12:05:24 – Emulator] emulator: ERROR: unknown virtual device name: ‘new3’
[2009-05-14 12:05:24 – Emulator] emulator: could not find virtual device named ‘new3’

Did you tried to make another AVD?

I ran into this very problem. One tool was getting my home directory from the registry (HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Desktop) and another tool was getting it from an environment variable (HOMEPATH or USERPROFILE). For me they didn’t match. I fixed it by changing the Windows registry using the regedit command. Warning: it’s easy to mess up your registry and render your machine unusable if you don’t know what you’re doing in regedit.