IllegalStateException when running a Selenium test - selenium-webdriver

Question

I'm getting an IllegalStateException thrown when running the following code:
package newprojectss;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
public class Tours {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// declaration and instantiation of objects/variables
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C:\\selenium-2.25.0\\chromedriver_win32");
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
String baseUrl = "http://demo.guru99.com/test/newtours/";
String expectedTitle = "Welcome: Mercury Tours";
String actualTitle = "";
// launch Fire fox and direct it to the Base URL
driver.get(baseUrl);
// get the actual value of the title
actualTitle = driver.getTitle();
/*
* compare the actual title of the page with the expected one and print
* the result as "Passed" or "Failed"
*/
if (actualTitle.contentEquals(expectedTitle)){
System.out.println("Test Passed!");
} else {
System.out.println("Test Failed");
}
//close Firefox
driver.close();
}
}
What can cause the problem?

Answer 1

illegalstateexception occurs because the chrome driver is not set properly
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","C:\\selenium-2.25.0\\chromedriver_win32")
Chrome driver path doesn't point till chromedriver.exe file
Unzip your driver folder and point the location till chromedriver.exe
Eg: C://Users//username//Desktop//chromedriver.exe