When I create a new chrome driver in Selenium while Google Chrome is already running AND I am referencing the users settings/data (via user-data-dir). A new Chrome window will open, but my application will hang. The ChromeDriver console will display the following error each second: DevTools Request: 127.0.0.1:12585/json/version. DevTools request failed

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Code to instantiate the driver:

        ChromeDriverService driverService = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
        //driverService.HideCommandPromptWindow = true;
        driverService.EnableVerboseLogging = true;

        string path = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%LOCALAPPDATA%\\Google\\Chrome\\User Data");

        ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
        options.AddArguments("user-data-dir=" + path);
        options.AddArguments("--start-maximized");
        options.AddArguments("--disable-extensions");

        IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(driverService, options);

This will work perfectly fine in every instance if I do not try and load user settings/data. If I am trying to load user setting/data it will only work if there is no instance of Chrome running on the device already.

Versions:

• Selenium v 2.47.0
• ChromeDriver v 2.16.333243
• Chrome v44.0.2403

What can I do to resolve this?