ChromeDriver does not exist in Selenium WebDriver C# test script

Question

I have come across a few people with the same issue that seemed to have solved the problem with System.addProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", ".../chromedriver.exe"); before instantiating the driver.

I have had little luck with this and am still getting the error that the file .../bin/Debug/chromedriver.exe does not exist.

Has anyone had any luck getting this to run without putting it in the bin folder?

Example code:

System.Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("webdriver.chrome.driver", @"c:\path\to\driver\chromedriver.exe"); BrowserDriver = new ChromeDriver(); 

Answer 1

Since you're using C#, you should use the constructor overload for ChromeDriver that allows you to specify the path to the directory containing chromedriver.exe. To wit:

IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(@"C:\my\path\to\chromedriver\directory"); 

Answer 2

Old question, new answer (for what it's worth): just install the Nuget package Selenium.WebDriver.ChromeDriver. Chromedriver.exe will be in the directory bin/debug on the next build.

3rd party edit 2017-09

On this github page jsakamoto/nupkg-selenium-webdriver-chromedriver/ that after running Install-Package Selenium.WebDriver -Version 3.5.2 the chromedriver(.exe) lies below this folder

" {solution folder} /packages/Selenium.WebDriver.ChromeDriver. {ver} /driver/ {platform}"