python – why this selenium error happening, how do i fix it?

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from selenium import webdriver

patha ="\driver\chromedriver.exe"

driver=webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=patha)

driver.get("https://www.google.com/")

The error:

File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 62, in start
    self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env,
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1538, in _execute_child
    hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\User\Desktop\python\seleniumproject1\New folder\project1.py", line 6, in <module>
    driver=webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=patha)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 62, in __init__
    self.service.start()
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 69, in start
    raise WebDriverException(
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver.exe' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home

Exception ignored in: <function Service.__del__ at 0x0000013BCA56C400>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 163, in __del__
    self.stop()
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 135, in stop
    if self.process is None:
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'Service' object has no attribute 'process'
PS C:\Users\User\Desktop\python\seleniumproject1> & C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python311/python.exe "c:/Users/User/Desktop/python/seleniumproject1/New folder/project1.py"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 62, in start
    self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env,
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1538, in _execute_child
    hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\User\Desktop\python\seleniumproject1\New folder\project1.py", line 6, in <module>
    driver=webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=patha)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\chrome\webdriver.py", line 62, in __init__
    self.service.start()
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 69, in start
    raise WebDriverException(
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: 'chromedriver.exe' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home

Exception ignored in: <function Service.__del__ at 0x000001E2240AC400>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 163, in __del__
    self.stop()
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\common\service.py", line 135, in stop
    if self.process is None:
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'Service' object has no attribute 'process'

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