What happened?

Executing the following in a .NET 7 environment:

var service = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
service.Start();

throws:

System.ArgumentNullException : Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'path1')
   at System.ArgumentNullException.Throw(String paramName)
   at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)
   at OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.Start()

How can we reproduce the issue?

See above.

Relevant log output

-

Operating System

Windows 10

Selenium version

4.12.x

What are the browser(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

Chrome

What are the browser driver(s) and version(s) where you see this issue?

ChromeDriver 117.0.5938.62

Are you using Selenium Grid?

no