Selenium opens browser but not site [duplicate] - selenium

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how can I use selenium with my normal browser
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This is my code. It opens Google Chrome but does not go to google.com:
from selenium import webdriver
path = r'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe'
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
path = r'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe'
options.add_argument(f'--user-data-dir={path}')
options.add_argument('--profile-directory=Default')
chrome_browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=path, options=options)
chrome_browser.get('https://google.com/')
But if I use this, it opens Selenium's Chrome and works (no cache or cookie from my Google Chrome) (edit 1):
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
# path = r'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chromedriver.exe'
path = r'D:\Downloads\chromedriver_win32\chromedriver.exe'
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
user_data = r'C:\Users\Saeed\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data'
options.add_argument(f'--user-data-dir={user_data}')
options.add_argument('--profile-directory=Default')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(f'{path}', options=options)
driver.get('https://google.com')
Where's the issue?
Edit2
In fact when I use chromedriver.exe WITHOUT profile, it opens chrome driver with no history, passwords, etc.
But when I use chromedriver.exe WITH profile, it opens normal chrome but does not open the web page.

Answer 1

Selenium controls chromedriver.exe not chrome.exe. If you are wanting to use your default profile with Selenium, it needs to point to the directory not the executable itself. This is located usually within your AppData folder, like so:
path_to_profile = r'C:\\Users\\myuser\\AppData\\Local\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data'
path_to_executable = r'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chromedriver.exe'
options.add_argument(f'--user-data-dir={path_to_profile}')
options.add_argument('--profile-directory=Default')
chrome_browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=path_to_executable, options=options)
chrome_browser.get('https://google.com/')
Both paths would need to be declared. And remember to close your current running Chrome window before running , or else it will complain the directory is already in use.