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I got this error message when I try to launch Chrome with Selenium WebDriver in Java Eclipse. (Java Eclipse is in USB stick) Java code - package SeleniumSessions;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver; public class WebDriverBasics { public static void main(String[] args) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub // chrome browser System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\Users\\waychal\\Downloads\\geckodriver.exe"); WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(); // launch Chrome browser driver.get("https://www.google.com/"); } }

Error messages-

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: The path to the driver executable must be set by the webdriver.chrome.driver system property; for more information, see https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/wiki/ChromeDriver. The latest version can be downloaded from http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html at com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState(Preconditions.java:847) at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService.findExecutable(DriverService.java:134) at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverService.access$000(ChromeDriverService.java:35) at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverService$Builder.findDefaultExecutable(ChromeDriverService.java:159) at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService$Builder.build(DriverService.java:355) at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverService.createDefaultService(ChromeDriverService.java:94) at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:123) at SeleniumSessions.WebDriverBasics.main(WebDriverBasics.java:15)
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  • Please verify that your geckoDriver.exe is located in correct folder or not.
    – Dhru 'soni
    CommentedMar 13, 2019 at 11:07
  • The problem is that, you are using webdriver.gecko.driver, which is used to access firefox. To set the path of the chromedriver you need to replace webdriver.gecko.driver with webdriver.chrome.driver
    – Abhishek Dhoundiyal
    CommentedMar 14, 2019 at 11:05
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    you can also try putting a try-catch for 3s inside the main method. try { Thread.sleep(3000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
    – TinTin
    CommentedMar 3, 2020 at 9:00

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The exception asks for a path to the chrome driver 

The path to the driver executable must be set by the webdriver.chrome.driver system property

You are setting it for the gecko driver

 System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\Users\\Downloads\\geckodriver.exe");

I don't exactly know but I would recommend you to use the Chromedriver and also set the correct property.

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  • Thanks for your quick answer. I had already resolved this Problem after posting this question :D. I had tried the sample program from youtube which was for Mac user and hence gecodriver.
    – raw
    CommentedMar 15, 2019 at 10:09

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