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Aug 17, 2021 12:50:57 PM java.util.prefs.WindowsPreferences [INFO] Using WebDriverManager to resolve chrome WARNING: Could not open/create prefs root node Software\JavaSoft\Prefs at root 0x80000002. Windows RegCreateKeyEx(...) returned error code 5.

I tried to replace and update the chrome driver and still encounters the error. Whenever I'm updating the driver I get the above error message.

Mate Mrše
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According to this and this

  1. This happens because the JRE installer no longer creates the HKLM Prefs entry. JRE version 1.7.0_13 and before created the entry (same rights, also UAC enabled), version 1.7.0_21 (and 1.8.0) stopped doing that. Did not test it on 1.7.0_15 and 1.7.0_17.
  2. The warning makes no sense as the source code is NOT explicitly accessing the system root, only the user root.
  3. I think it should be valid to run java with UAC enabled.

So try upgrading the Java version or running Katalon as administrator.

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