ChromeWebDriver - unknown error: Chrome failed to start: crashed

Question

I\'m trying to test my application on Chrome with ChromeWebDriver but every time I try I get following exception:

   org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException:          


        

Answer 1

I fixed this on Windows 10 by setting chromedriver.exe, [yourPythonIDE].exe, and chrome.exe to run with Administrator rights, which can reached via right-clicking the exe file and going to Properties >> Compatibility.