Well I'm at a loss. So I did a fresh install with the following steps My OS is winxp 32 bit
Removed old the version completely Install to c:\ruby200 (with installer Ruby 2.0.0-p0) Install devkit to c:\RubyDevKit (DevKit-tdm-32-4.5.2-20111229-1559- sfx.exe) update env path for c:\ruby200/bin and c:\devkit Install watir as > gem install watir install watir-webdriver as > gem install watir-webdrive gem cleanup gem update copy chromedriver.exe into C:/ruby200/bin folder irb require 'watir-webdriver' browser=Watir::Browser.new :chrome Browser opens On May 3, 12:56 pm, Anne <[email protected]> wrote: > gem cleanup & update didn't seem to help -- still getting the same error > > yes, dev kit is installed > > > > > > > > On Friday, May 3, 2013 1:51:00 PM UTC-4, Super Kevy wrote: > > > Dah I see you did that too. > > > Try gem cleanup > > Followed by gem update > > > Do you have the Ruby Dev Kit installed? > > > On May 3, 12:39 pm, Super Kevy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > OK. I see you had that > > > Maybe try downgrading the chrome driver to > > > chromedriver_win_26.0.1383.0.zip > > > > On May 3, 12:06 pm, Super Kevy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Are there 2 colons in the browser call > > > > > browser = Watir::Browser.new(:chrome, :switches => %w[--start- > > > > maximized] ) > > > > > Do you see in the log stream? > > > > Started ChromeDriver > > > > port=28999 > > > > version=22.0.1203.0b > > > > > On May 3, 11:59 am, Anne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm installing ruby/watir/watir-webdriver on a new machine with the > > hopes > > > > > of updating my existing automation to run on ie, ff, chrome, and > > opera. > > > > > I have ie and ff working and am struggling with getting chrome > > working. > > > > > > I downloaded chromedriver and put it in the ruby/bin directory. > > When I try > > > > > to open chrome using irb, I get... > > > > > > C:\Ruby>irb > > > > > DL is deprecated, please use Fiddle > > > > > irb(main):001:0> require "watir-webdriver" > > > > > => true > > > > > irb(main):002:0> browser = Watir::Browser.new :chrome > > > > > ChildProcess::LaunchError: Unknown error (Windows says "The > > operation > > > > > completed successfully.", but it did not.) > > > > > from > > > C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/childprocess-0.3.9/lib/childproces > > s/windows/process_builder.rb:87:in > > > > > `create_process' > > > > > from > > > C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/childprocess-0.3.9/lib/childproces > > s/windows/process_builder.rb:34:in > > > > > `start' > > > > > from > > > C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/childprocess-0.3.9/lib/childproces > > s/windows/process.rb:63:in > > > > > `launch_process' > > > > > from > > > C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/childprocess-0.3.9/lib/childproces > > s/abstract_process.rb:72:in > > > > > `start' > > > > > from > > > C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.32.1/lib/sele > > nium/webdriver/chrome/service.rb:47:in > > > > > `start' > > > > > from > > > C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.32.1/lib/sele > > nium/webdriver/chrome/bridge.rb:15:in > > > > > `initialize' > > > > > from > > > C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.32.1/lib/sele > > nium/webdriver/common/driver.rb:37:in > > > > > `new' > > > > > from > > > C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.32.1/lib/sele > > nium/webdriver/common/driver.rb:37:in > > > > > `for' > > > > > from > > > C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-2.32.1/lib/sele > > nium/webdriver.rb:67:in > > > > > `for' > > > > > from > > > C:/Ruby/Ruby200/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/watir-webdriver-0.6.4/lib/watir-we > > bdriver/browser.rb:46:in > > > > > `initialize' > > > > > from (irb):2:in `new' > > > > > from (irb):2 > > > > > from C:/Ruby/Ruby200/bin/irb:12:in `<main>' > > > > > irb(main):003:0> > > > > > > I've searched for this error message but the only thing I've found > > are > > > > > comments stating that there could be an error in chromedriver. > > Chrome > > > > > never comes up. > > > > > > The version of chromedriver I downloaded is: > > chromedriver_win_26.0.1383.0 > > > > > because I read somewhere that chromedriver2_win32_0.8.zip > > > > > < > >http://code.google.com/p/chromedriver/downloads/detail?name=chromedri...>wasn't > > > > > > ready. > > > > > > This is a list of the gems I have installed: > > > > > C:\Ruby>gem list > > > > > *** LOCAL GEMS *** > > > > > bigdecimal (1.2.0) > > > > > builder (3.2.0) > > > > > childprocess (0.3.9) > > > > > commonwatir (4.0.0) > > > > > ffi (1.8.1 x86-mingw32) > > > > > hoe (3.6.0) > > > > > io-console (0.4.2) > > > > > json (1.7.7) > > > > > mini_magick (3.5.0) > > > > > mini_portile (0.5.0) > > > > > minitest (4.3.2) > > > > > multi_json (1.7.2) > > > > > nokogiri (1.5.9 x86-ming > > > > > psych (2.0.0) > > > > > rake (0.9.6) > > > > > rautomation (0.9.1) > > > > > rdoc (4.0.0) > > > > > rubygems-update (2.0.3) > > > > > rubyzip (0.9.9) > > > > > s4t-utils (1.0.4) > > > > > selenium-webdriver (2.32 > > > > > subexec (0.2.3) > > > > > test-unit (2.0.0.0) > > > > > user-choices (1.1.6.1) > > > > > watir (4.0.2 x86-mingw32 > > > > > watir-classic (3.6.0) > > > > > watir-webdriver (0.6.4) > > > > > websocket (1.0.7) > > > > > win32-api (1.4.8 x86-min > > > > > win32-process (0.7.2) > > > > > win32screenshot (1.0.8) > > > > > windows-api (0.4.2) > > > > > windows-pr (1.2.2) > > > > > xml-simple (1.1.2) > > > > > > Anyone have any idea what I'm missing? > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > Anne -- -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. 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