I recently started playing with AngularJS. After downloading the seed project and trying to run the tests with Testacular, I bumped into small issue that was not immediately obvious to resolve.

When I ran the “./scripts/test.bat” I would get the following error(s) in my console:

info: Testacular server started at http://localhost:9876/
info (launcher): Starting browser Chrome
error (launcher): Cannot start Chrome
        CreateProcessW: The system cannot find the path specified.

info (launcher): Trying to start Chrome again.
error (launcher): Cannot start Chrome
        CreateProcessW: The system cannot find the path specified.

info (launcher): Trying to start Chrome again.
error (launcher): Cannot start Chrome
        CreateProcessW: The system cannot find the path specified.

Tracked down link on a Google thread: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!msg/angular/1li0HKtW56U/lKyT_VId0b0J

It appears that Testacular looks for the chrome browser in a CHROME_BIN environment variable.

To resolve the issue I ran the following PowerShell script and I was able to run the tests.

[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("CHROME_BIN", "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe")

Your path to chrome may vary!

 

Happy Testing!