geckodriver.exe not in current directory or path variable, Selenium 2.53.1 + Firefox 48 + Selenium 3 Beta

Question

Seen a lot of questions regarding Selenium 2.53.1 and Firefox 47.0.1, but none in regards to the Selenium 3 Beta release. I am attempting to use the new gecko/marionette Fir

Answer 1

If u include the geckodriver.exe in your project and you copy it to your target directory when you compile, the webdriver works as it did in previous versions.

Answer 2

I kept getting this error also & the only thing I could do to finally fix it (not sure if it's the best answer for everyone who has this issue) was I placed the geckodriver.exe in my main Library directory, then I opened webdriver.py:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py

found the line where it says: executable_path="geckodriver", firefox_options=None,

and changed it to:

executable_path="/Library/geckodriver", firefox_options=None

Answer 3

If you have the executable in path environment variable, it likely means that it doesn't have permission to access it. As a workaround, try to run Visual Studio as administrator.

Or you could move it to somewhere that it have permission. Eg:

var service = FirefoxDriverService.CreateDefaultService(@"D:\tmp\Binaries");
service.FirefoxBinaryPath = FirefoxBinary;

var options = new FirefoxOptions();
options.SetPreference("browser.private.browsing.autostart", true);

_driver = new FirefoxDriver(service, options, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));

There I put the binaries in D:\tmp\Binaries\ and specified it in the code to check the geckodriver there.

Answer 4

I was having a Visual Studio 2017 issue where the build would fail because it was looking in a non existent directory for the geckodriver exec. I also had added it using nuget pack manager. What I found was in Visual Studio->Project->Properties->Build it works if you make the build independent of the architecture: Platform target is Any CPU & either leave the other check boxes (Prefer 32-bit, Allow unsafe code, Optimize code) all unchecked or just have Prefer 32-bit checked (which is the default on my system). btw:my Application was a .NET Framework 4.5.2 Console Application

Answer 5

Try to put the geckodriver.exe in your path: C:\Users\YourName\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\seleniump\seleniump\bin\Debug

you can find geckodriver.exe at this link:

https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases

Answer 6

Install the Selenium.Firefox.Webdriver NuGet package.

This will copy geckodriver.exe to the bin folder.