CreatePlatformSocket() returned an error: An invalid argument was supplied. (0x2726) Port not available. Exiting… with chromedriver and Selenium 3.2

Question

I am unable to launch chrome (or any other browser) with selenium. The same code works when i run from my home PC. so i am thinking it has to do with firewa

Answer 1

I figured out the cause of the error; it is because my chromedriver.exe is on a networked drive and not on the machine the browser is running the test. Solution was to move chromedriver.exe under C drive.