Chromium distribution 'chrome' is not found

[keyiis]

My Environment:
OS: Windows 11
Python: 3.13.0
I have successfully run the following commands:

pip install crawl4ai
crawl4ai-setup # Setup the browser

Playwright was automatically installed in the directory D:\ProgramData\PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS, and I have also set the system environment variable PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH. However, when I run the sample code, I receive the following error:

playwright._impl._errors.Error: BrowserType.launch: Chromium distribution 'chrome' is not found at C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
Run "playwright install chrome"

The official sample code I ran is as follows:

import asyncio
from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler

async def main():
    # Create an instance of AsyncWebCrawler
    async with AsyncWebCrawler(verbose=True) as crawler:
        # Run the crawler on a URL
        result = await crawler.arun(url="https://www.bing.com")

        # Print the extracted content
        print(result.markdown)

# Run the async main function
asyncio.run(main())

[unclecode]

@keyiis I am a Mac user, and I will try your situation on a Windows machine. In the meantime, try the following steps and let me know how it goes.

1/ First, run the Playwright install command to install the required browser:

playwright install chromium

2/ Then modify your code to explicitly use Playwright's bundled Chromium instead of system Chrome:

import asyncio
from crawl4ai import AsyncWebCrawler
from crawl4ai.async_configs import BrowserConfig

async def main():
    # Create browser config to use bundled Chromium
    browser_config = BrowserConfig(
        browser_type="chromium",  # Use Playwright's bundled Chromium
        chrome_channel=None  # Don't try to use system Chrome
    )
    
    # Create crawler instance with the config
    async with AsyncWebCrawler(browser_config=browser_config, verbose=True) as crawler:
        # Run the crawler on a URL
        result = await crawler.arun(url="https://www.bing.com")
        
        # Print the extracted content
        print(result.markdown)

# Run the async main function
asyncio.run(main())

Alternative Solution: If you prefer to use your system's Chrome browser, you can install Chrome and make sure it's in the default installation path. However, I recommend using the bundled Chromium approach above as it's more reliable across different environments.