Solved: adb server version doesn’t match this client

Today we encounter an issue that can’t install the apk file on Android emulator, and I try to restart the adb server, it failed to kill the…

Solved: adb server version doesn’t match this client

Today we encounter an issue that can’t install the apk file on Android emulator, and I try to restart the adb server, it failed to kill the server, the error message is like below:% adb start-server
adb server version (37) doesn't match this client (41); killing...

Problem

The problem for this issue on my environment is that the Application Apowermirror start the adb with another version of adb.

Solution

My first solution is stop the application and restart the adb server, after stop the application, the apk file can be installed on the emulator.