How to match Google ChromeDriver version with Chrome version?

If you are using the Chrome WebDriver with the Selenium Java API, you need to match the Google ChromeDriver version with Google Chrome version.

1. Run Google Chrome and click "Settings > Help > About Google Chrome". You see the version #, like Version 75.0.3770.80.

2. Go to Google ChromeDriver Website.

3. Open "75.0.3770.8" and click on "chromedriver_win32.zip" to start the download.

4. Save the download file to C:\fyicenter\chromedriver_win32.zip.

5. Unzip the download file to C:\fyicenter\selenium\chromedriver folder.

6. Run the ChromeTest.java again with the matching ChromeDriver:

C:\fyicenter> java -classpath \
   .;\fyicenter\selenium\java\client-combined-3.141.59.jar;\
   \fyicenter\selenium\java\libs\guava-25.0-jre.jar;\
   \fyicenter\selenium\java\libs\okhttp-3.11.0.jar;\
   \fyicenter\selenium\java\libs\okio-1.14.0.jar;\
   \fyicenter\selenium\java\libs\commons-exec-1.3.jar \
   -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver=\fyicenter\selenium\chromedriver\chromedriver.exe \
   ChromeTest

Starting ChromeDriver 75.0.3770.8 (...-refs/branch-heads/3770@{#40}) on port 8247
Only local connections are allowed.
Please protect ports used by ChromeDriver and related test frameworks to prevent access by malicious code.
Jun 12, 2019 3:34:32 PM org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake createSession
INFO: Detected dialect: W3C

You see that the Chrome browser is started and stopped correctly with no errors.

 

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