java.lang.IllegalStateException using ChromeDriver with Selenium Java

Question

Code trials:

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

public class SeIntro {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C:\\Users\\ramak\\Downloads\\chromedriver_win32.zip.exe" );
        WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver(); 
    }
}

Snapshot:

Answer 1

chromedriver_win32.zip is a zip type file a format for compressed file archives, allowing packaging of multiple files and directories into a single file.

Where as System.setProperty() line expects the absolute path of the ChromeDriver binary executable.

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Solution

You need to unzip the chromedriver_win32.zip and pass the absolute path of the ChromeDriver binary executable as follows:

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C:\\Users\\ramak\\Downloads\\chromedriver_win32\\chromedriver.exe" );