Add geckodriver to PATH on Windows 11

Question

To complete a project using Selenium, I first need to add Geckodriver to PATH. I have read many articles about adding elements to PATH, but none of them end up working (I follow the steps and add a new element to PATH, but when I run my program I get the 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH error.

1: I first download this version of Geckodriver from here: https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases

2: I extract the folder and add it to the PATH

3: When I run my program, I get the same error Message: 'geckodriver' executable needs to be in PATH.

Any help would be appreciated!

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 05 '23 at 09:59

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You do need to add an environment variable for the firefox driver. String exePath = ".\\lib\\geckodriver.exe"; System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", exePath); driver = new FirefoxDriver();

answered Jan 05 '23 at 09:59

Avadhraj Parmar

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 05 '23 at 09:56

You don't have to add a new environment variable, just move the file geckodriver.exe to your python folder, which in my case is

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310

Then to start the firefox driver just run

from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Firefox()

Add geckodriver to PATH on Windows 11

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