Error: Unable to move the cache: Access is denied, when using selenium (python)

Question

I'm trying to use selenium (in Python) to scrape a website, however, when I start the chrome web driver, it tries to load the page for a few seconds, and then closes the window and returns the following error message:

[22424:18188:0531/121110.652:ERROR:cache_util_win.cc(21)] Unable to move the cache: Access is denied. (0x5)
[22424:18188:0531/121110.653:ERROR:cache_util.cc(139)] Unable to move cache folder C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\ShaderCache\GPUCache to C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\ShaderCache\old_GPUCache_000
[22424:18188:0531/121110.653:ERROR:disk_cache.cc(184)] Unable to create cache
[22424:18188:0531/121110.653:ERROR:shader_disk_cache.cc(606)] Shader Cache Creation failed: -2
Opening in existing browser session.

I 'm using a custom profile when loading the page. My ChromeOptions look like:

OPTIONS = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
OPTIONS.add_argument("--user-data-dir=C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Profile 1")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(PATH, options=OPTIONS)

# rest of code

P.S.

1) I don't have any Chrome processes running in the background. I'm using Firefox in the background though.

2) It worked for the first few times, It stopped working just now.

Answer 1

Close all Chrome Tasks from Task Manager. Mainly including the name "Google" or "Google Crash handler / reporter". It will work