This is also an error:
[14596:10928:0531/174034.867:ERROR:install_util.cc(589)] Unable to create registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome for reading result=2

Since this is related to Chrome driver assigning to John.

I am also getting this error, is this cuz my CHrome registry in different location than this to "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\Update"

Error:
Step - Verify "Actions Dropdown"
[20872:21044:0606/004528.626:ERROR:install_util.cc(589)] Unable to create registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome for reading result=2

DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:12544/devtools/browser/34326d68-a92e-4249-a98c-1fe73a90a3cb

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*                    Failures                    *
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Executed 1 of 58 specs (1 FAILED) (57 SKIPPED) in 2 mins 52 secs.
[00:45:30] I/launcher - 0 instance(s) of WebDriver still running
[00:45:30] I/launcher - chrome #01 failed 1 test(s)
[00:45:30] I/launcher - overall: 1 failed spec(s)
[00:45:30] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 1

I am unable to repro this issue. It might be due to some local configuration differences.

For people experiencing this issue: Does the problem occurs only when Chrome is started by ChromeDriver? What happens when you manually start Chrome from the command line?

Hi,

This was an log error and it has been fixed by http://crrev.com/eb49ccc013d304921d419249b955a0bf03905ca6

And this is not an error that will block Chrome usage.

Hey,

Whenever we start chrome driver manually from command line it works fine. But problem occurs when crhome is started by ChromeDriver.

I am also experiencing this issue, also using ChromeDriver.

I can run normally (script attachment) if not open any chrome browser on Windows 10.
However, on Windows Server 2012 R2, the issue is still present.

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Update:
I checked on Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Windows
Server with Desktop Experience(because I'm writing application on server platform) and the script worked well. I think the problem may be due to the operating system.

i'm also experiencing this issue when running a python script that utilizes selenium and webdriver

[8996:9684:0612/013138.978:ERROR:install_util.cc(589)] Unable to create registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome for reading result=2

I just got the reply on github 
https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/5966#event-1659981641

chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()

For:

from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
chrome_options = Options()

Getting the same running chromedriver via Robot Framework's Seleniumlibrary on Windows 10. However I worked around by adding the missing registry key (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\MachineLevelUserCloudPolicyEnrollmentToken) manually (empty string type), after that the message doesn't appear anymore. 

I have the same issue 
Windows 10 x64,
Selenium 4.0(node),
Chrome opened by chromeDriver 
([10024:15104:0710/133607.813:ERROR:install_util.cc(589)] Unable to create registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome for reading result=2)

This is fixed in chrome version 68.0.3433.0 or later.  Please make sure that chromedriver is running the latest version of chrome.  From comment #8, it seems this may not be the case.  Please include the version of chrome when adding a comment to this issue.

Chrome driver docs at http://chromedriver.chromium.org/getting-started say:

- Ensure Chromium/Google Chrome is installed in a recognized location

  ChromeDriver expects you to have Chrome installed in the default location
  for your platform. You can also force ChromeDriver to use a custom
  location by setting a special capability.