Can't find chrome binary on Windows 7

[yngvark]

I am not able to run Protractor 0.24.2. I am running Windows 7. I did the following:

npm install -g protractor
webdriver-manager update
protractor protractor.config.js

Contents of protractor.config.js:

exports.config = {
    specs: [
        './**/*spec.js'
    ],

    baseUrl: 'http://localhost:8829/root/src',

    // Options to be passed to Jasmine-node.
    jasmineNodeOpts: {
        showColors: true, // Use colors in the command line report.
    }
};

CMD output:

Starting selenium standalone server...
Selenium standalone server started at http://10.183.205.17:40150/wd/hub

C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\atoms\error.js:109
  var template = new Error(this.message);
                 ^
UnknownError: unknown error: cannot find Chrome binary
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.10.267521,platform=Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 583 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.42.0', revision: '5e82430', time: '2014-05-22 20:18:07'
System info: host: 'LNOR010327', ip: '10.183.205.17', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.6.0_45'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
    at new bot.Error (C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\atoms\error.js:109:18)
    at Object.bot.response.checkResponse (C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\atoms\response.js:10
6:9)
    at C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\webdriver.js:134:24
    at C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\goog\base.js:1243:15
    at webdriver.promise.ControlFlow.runInNewFrame_ (C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver
\promise.js:1531:20)
    at notify (C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\promise.js:354:12)
    at notifyAll (C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\promise.js:323:7)
    at resolve (C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\promise.js:301:7)
    at fulfill (C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\promise.js:421:5)
    at C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\goog\base.js:1243:15
==== async task ====
WebDriver.createSession()
    at Function.webdriver.WebDriver.acquireSession_ (C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver
\webdriver.js:131:49)
    at Function.webdriver.WebDriver.createSession (C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\lib\webdriver\w
ebdriver.js:111:30)
    at Builder.build (C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\selenium-webdriver\builder.js:106:20)
    at LocalDriverProvider.getDriver (C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\lib\driverProviders\local.js:121:9)
    at C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\lib\runner.js:207:35
    at _fulfilled (C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:797:54)
    at self.promiseDispatch.done (C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:826:30)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:759:13)
    at C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\node_modules\q\q.js:573:44

I have run webdriver-manager update, so I do have the Chrome driver at c:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\selenium\chromedriver.exe.

I also tried to run webdriver-manager start in another cmd window, and modified the protractor.config.js to:

exports.config = {

    specs: [
        './**/*spec.js'
    ],

    baseUrl: 'http://localhost:8829/root/src',
    seleniumAddress: 'http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub',
};

... and then running protractor again with this config, but that also didn't work. In the window running the webdriver-manager start, I then got the following output:

seleniumProcess.pid: 988
19.jun.2014 12:28:39 org.openqa.grid.selenium.GridLauncher main
INFO: Launching a standalone server
Setting system property webdriver.chrome.driver to C:\Users\someUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\protractor\selenium\chromedriver.exe
12:28:39.841 INFO - Java: Sun Microsystems Inc. 20.45-b01
12:28:39.841 INFO - OS: Windows 7 6.1 amd64
12:28:39.854 INFO - v2.42.0, with Core v2.42.0. Built from revision 5e82430
12:28:39.947 INFO - RemoteWebDriver instances should connect to: http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub
12:28:39.948 INFO - Version Jetty/5.1.x
12:28:39.949 INFO - Started HttpContext[/selenium-server/driver,/selenium-server/driver]
12:28:39.950 INFO - Started HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server]
12:28:39.950 INFO - Started HttpContext[/,/]
12:28:39.980 INFO - Started org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler@4ac9131c
12:28:39.980 INFO - Started HttpContext[/wd,/wd]
12:28:39.983 INFO - Started SocketListener on 0.0.0.0:4444
12:28:39.984 INFO - Started org.openqa.jetty.jetty.Server@50ef5502
12:28:42.900 INFO - Executing: [new session: Capabilities [{count=1, browserName=chrome}]])
12:28:42.910 INFO - Creating a new session for Capabilities [{count=1, browserName=chrome}]
Starting ChromeDriver (v2.10.267521) on port 45044
Only local connections are allowed.
12:28:45.134 WARN - Exception thrown
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Build info: version: '2.42.0', revision: '5e82430', time: '2014-05-22 20:18:07'
System info: host: 'LNOR010327', ip: '10.183.205.17', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.6.0_45'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerGet(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(Unknown Source)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession.execute(DefaultSession.java:176)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession.<init>(DefaultSession.java:112)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession.createSession(DefaultSession.java:89)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverSessions.newSession(DefaultDriverSessions.java:110)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.handler.NewSession.handle(NewSession.java:57)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.handler.NewSession.handle(NewSession.java:1)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.rest.ResultConfig.handle(ResultConfig.java:112)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.JsonHttpCommandHandler.handleRequest(JsonHttpCommandHandler.java:173)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverServlet.handleRequest(DriverServlet.java:200)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverServlet.doPost(DriverServlet.java:162)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverServlet.service(DriverServlet.java:128)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
        at org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:428)
        at org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.dispatch(ServletHandler.java:680)
        at org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:571)
        at org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1526)
        at org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1479)
        at org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpServer.service(HttpServer.java:920)
        at org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpConnection.service(HttpConnection.java:820)
        at org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:986)
        at org.openqa.jetty.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:837)
        at org.openqa.jetty.http.SocketListener.handleConnection(SocketListener.java:243)
        at org.openqa.jetty.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:358)
        at org.openqa.jetty.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:537)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Build info: version: '2.42.0', revision: '5e82430', time: '2014-05-22 20:18:07'
System info: host: 'LNOR010327', ip: '10.183.205.17', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.6.0_45'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverProvider.callConstructor(DefaultDriverProvider.java:69)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverProvider.newInstance(DefaultDriverProvider.java:53)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverFactory.newInstance(DefaultDriverFactory.java:54)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$BrowserCreator.call(DefaultSession.java:215)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$BrowserCreator.call(DefaultSession.java:1)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultSession$1.run(DefaultSession.java:169)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DefaultDriverProvider.callConstructor(DefaultDriverProvider.java:59)
        ... 10 more
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: cannot find Chrome binary
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.10.267521,platform=Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 1.11 seconds
Build info: version: '2.42.0', revision: '5e82430', time: '2014-05-22 20:18:07'
System info: host: 'LNOR010327', ip: '10.183.205.17', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.6.0_45'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:193)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:145)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:596)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:241)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:127)
        at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:140)
        at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:171)
        at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:139)
        ... 15 more
12:28:45.155 WARN - Exception: unknown error: cannot find Chrome binary
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.10.267521,platform=Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 1.11 seconds
Build info: version: '2.42.0', revision: '5e82430', time: '2014-05-22 20:18:07'
System info: host: 'LNOR010327', ip: '10.183.205.17', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.6.0_45'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver

Does anybody know how to fix this? Google haven't helped me so far.

[hankduan]

See if it helps if you don't use chrome-only mode:

Add these:

  chromeOnly: false,
  multiCapabilities: [{
    'browserName': 'chrome',
  }],

[juliemr]

The error message says cannot find Chrome binary. Chromedriver may be in the right place, but is chrome itself installed where expected? Chromedriver specifies where it will search here: https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/ChromeDriver

[yngvark]

Thanks for suggestions.

@hankduan: I tried it and it unfortunately didn't work.

@juliemr: Your suggestion seems to be correct. My Chrome is installed at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"

In the "C:\Users%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome" directory there is no executable "Application\chrome.exe". If I just copy chrome.exe there I see that protractor gives me another error, "chrome failed to start", which is natural as the rest of the application files are missing.

So, in order to fix this, I have now tried two things:

1)Setting chrome binary manually in protractor.config.js:

exports.config = {
    specs: [
        './**/*spec.js'
    ],
    baseUrl: 'http://localhost:8829/root/src',
    capabilities: {
        'browserName': 'chrome',
        'binary': 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe'
    },
};

According to https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/capabilities and #175, setting the "binary" attribute should do the trick, but it doesn't. The error is still "UnknownError: unknown error: cannot find Chrome binary".

Am I doing this wrong somehow?

2)Reinstall Chrome.

Doesn't help. Chrome's installer does not let me choose where to install Chrome, so it just installs to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe".

Any further suggestions? I will play around with the protractor config and see if I have done anything wrong there.

[yngvark]

Fixed it! I changed to slash instead of back slash in the "binary" attribute:

exports.config = {
    specs: [
        './**/*spec.js'
    ],
    baseUrl: 'http://localhost:8829/root/src',
    capabilities: {
        'browserName': 'chrome',
        'binary': 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe'
    },
};

[shivom]

org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: cannot find Chrome binary

1. testORACLESELENIUM(com.example.tests.MSSQLSELENIUM)org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: cannot find Chrome binary
   (Driver info: chromedriver=2.9.248315,platform=Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
   Command duration or timeout: 1.86 seconds
   Build info: version: '2.42.2', revision: '6a6995d', time: '2014-06-03 17:42:30'
   System info: host: 'ip-0A7B97A6', ip: '10.123.151.166', os.name: 'Windows Server 2008 R2', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.7.0_05'

How we can solve this problem?

[shrekuu]

This is my conf.js file and it works. Try this one. 💯
Change the 'binary' to your chrome path.

exports.config = {
    seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub',
    capabilities: {
        'browserName': 'chrome',
        "chromeOptions": {
            binary: 'D:/Program Files/Chrome/chrome.exe',
            args: [],
            extensions: [],
        }
    },
    specs: ['spec.js']
}

[mcavaliere]

@shrekuu's solution with "chromeOptions" worked for me as well. I ran into this issue using a non-standard Chrome location on OSX.

[Ashish1485]

@shrekuu : The chromeOptions solution worked for me. My chrome was installed in Temp folder. Thanks a ton.