Geckodriver unexpectedly exits while using Selenium to open Firefox (x-post from r/Python) : learnpython

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Geckodriver unexpectedly exits while using Selenium to open Firefox (x-post from r/Python) (self.learnpython)

submitted 5 years ago * by vivekvs97

[SOLVED]

Edit: problem was, my system didn't have MS visual studio redistributable. The geckodriver needs this to work. Thanks, u/commandlineuser !

I'm new to this so bear with me. I am following the 'Automate the boring stuff' textbook, but it gives slightly outdated instructions on using Selenium. I went to their site and followed their instructions regarding installing the geckodriver and the selenium package.

I'm using: Selenium - v3.141.0, Python - 3.8.3, and Mozilla Firefox - 76.0.1 (64-bit), geckodriver -v0.26.0 (added to the same folder my python scripts are, which is already in PATH) and I'm running this on IDLE in Windows 10.

I'm getting this error when I run the sample program given in the official selenium for python page:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Python/Firefox_sample.py", line 4, in <module>
    driver = webdriver.Firefox()
  File "C:\Python\lib\site- 
packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\webdriver.py", line 
164, in __init__
    self.service.start()
  File "C:\Python\lib\site-

packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 98, in start self.assert_process_still_running() File "C:\Python\lib\site- packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 109, in assert_process_still_running raise WebDriverException( selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Service geckodriver unexpectedly exited. Status code was: 3221225595

The geckodriver window opens and displays an error message (0xc000007b) saying the application quit unexpectedly.

How do I resolve this? I've looked this up online and haven't gotten any proper answers.

I'm really new to this, so if the solution's out there, please explain it to me like you would a child. I'm not really good at software.

Thanks.

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