'VersionResolveStrategy.MatchingBrowser' throws 'System.Exception Not able to get chrome version or not installed'

[DerekFoulk]

I ran into the same issue as the user in #170 and tried using VersionResolveStrategy.MatchingBrowser to remedy the issue. After doing so, I ran into another issue...

Using the code below, I receive the following exception System.Exception Not able to get chrome version or not installed:

var driverConfig = new ChromeConfig();
new DriverManager().SetUpDriver(driverConfig, VersionResolveStrategy.MatchingBrowser); // Throws System.Exception

Test output window:

System.Exception
Not able to get chrome version or not installed
   at WebDriverManager.DriverConfigs.Impl.ChromeConfig.GetMatchingBrowserVersion()
   at WebDriverManager.DriverManager.GetVersionToDownload(IDriverConfig config, String version)
   at WebDriverManager.DriverManager.SetUpDriver(IDriverConfig config, String version, Architecture architecture)

I expected that passing VersionResolveStrategy.MatchingBrowser would make WebDriverManager.NET download/use the version of chrome that is installed on my machine. Instead, I get the exception mentioned above.

I also tried passing the version number as a string (as shown in the docs), but that didn't work for me either- which is fine, because I don't want to have to update the version each time a new version of Chrome is released.

Any ideas as to what I could try to workaround this issue? Thanks in advance!

[gburghardt]

Which OS are you running Selenium on? Are you certain that Google Chrome is installed on that machine? WebDriverManager.Net only downloads ChromeDriver, not the browser itself.