For some reason, Bluestacks is the number one recommended way to run android on a PC.
In my experience, it completely breaks random things on Windows (yes this isn't highly specific but just take my word for it) . So here is a great alternative way to run Android on PC . You can use the open-source virtual machine software Virtual Box as well as a stock Android image from Prime OS. To set up your Virtual Machine just follow this guide. GLHF