While in the ‘ platform-tools‘ folder, hold the Shift key and right-click at an empty or white space (highlighted with yellow) in the folder window.Click on the file explorer’s File tab and select Open Windows PowerShell. Click in the folder address bar, type “ cmd” and press the Enter key. Open the ‘platform-tools‘ or the folder that contains the ADB and Fastboot files.
#Install adb on windows 7 drivers
Since the official ADB and Fastboot drivers are not installer files, you are supposed to direct the Command Prompt to the exact path or location of the ‘ platform-tools‘ directory. Fix 2: Execute ADB Command from the ‘platform-tools’ Folder
#Install adb on windows 7 update
In case you have a very old version of Platform-tools, you should update them. I would recommend you download the latest version of Android SDK Platform Tools zip for Windows directly from Google servers. The best and safest source to download the latest ADB and Fastboot driver is Google itself. You must remove and uninstall any such 3rd-party drivers if you have them installed. Must Read: Use ADB Commands on Android Devices without Root Now that we know what could be the reason behind the ‘adb’ is not recognized as an internal or external command error, let’s try to solve the problem. In case you are getting ‘adb or fastboot command not found error’ on Mac, read my tutorial to solve the issue.