WebDriverError: unknown error: Chrome failed to start: exited abnormally
Check your Google chrome Version and its compatibility with the chrome driver.
You can check that from the Chromedriver Site and download the compatible version.
It worked for me.
probably your window screen size is not matching try giving maximize in onPrepare:
onPrepare: function(){browser.driver.manage().window().maximize(); }
Open your project and Please update your npm modules by the following command.
project_root:\> npm update
Now update your selenium driver to the latest version using the following command
project_root:\> webdriver-manager update
Run your tests again.