Getting an exception while opening the Chrome Browser from Selenium 2 script - selenium

Question

Program:
Below given is the code snipped i'm tring to run. However it is failing to open the Chrome Browser. Browser just opens and closes in fraction of a secod with the below given exception in the console.
public static void main(String[] args) {
WebDriver driver = null;
//Map<String, Object> testDataMap = null;
try{
//testDataMap = LoadConfiguration.getTestDataMap();
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","D:\\chromedriver_win32\\chromedriver.exe");
Thread.sleep(5000l);
driver = new ChromeDriver();
//driver = LoadConfiguration.getDriver();
System.out.println("Opening the Browser");
driver.get("http://localhsot:5080/myWebSite/8450191#");
Thread.sleep(2000l);
System.out.println("Open the Browser");
System.out.println("");
System.out.println("Title" +driver.getTitle());
}catch (Exception ie){
ie.printStackTrace();
}finally{
System.out.println("Quitting the Browser");
if(null != driver){
driver.close();
driver.quit();
}
}
}
Exception:
Starting ChromeDriver (v2.9.248315) on port 13737
org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: version info not a dictionary
(Driver info: chromedriver=2.9.248315,platform=Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 1.99 seconds
Build info: version: '2.39.0', revision: 'ff23eac', time: '2013-12-16 16:12:12'
System info: host: '01hw535163', ip: '10.72.15.53', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.6.0_17'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:193)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:145)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:554)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:216)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:111)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:115)
at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:161)
at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.<init>(ChromeDriver.java:107)
at com.seic.scripts.TestScript.main(TestScript.java:24)
Quitting the Browser
OS: Windows 7, 64 bit
Browser Version: 21.0.1171.0
chromedriver=2.9.248315

Answer 1

Looks like old chrome version is causing this issue. Current chrome version is > 32. Update chrome and give a try.
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