Not able to launch IE browser using Selenium2 Webdriver with Java

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I m not able to launch IE browser to run my selenium automated tests written in Java  I m using Windows 7 and IE 9  Below is my code   Please find the attachment   public class GoogleNews       private WebDriver driver      private String baseUrl      private StringBuffer verificationErrors   new StringBuffer        ArrayList al   new ArrayList         Before     public void setUp   throws Exception             driver   new FirefoxDriver            driver  new InternetExplorerDriver            baseUrl    https   news google co in                 Test     public void testApple   throws Exception           driver get baseUrl

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Before you start with Internet Explorer and Selenium Webdriver Consider these two important rules.

The zoom level :Should be set to default (100%) and
The security zone settings : Should be same for all. The security settings should be set according to your organisation permissions.

How to set this?

Simply go to Internet explorer, do both the stuffs manually. Thats it. No secret.
Do it through your code.

Method 1:

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer();

    capabilities.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.IGNORE_ZOOM_SETTING, true);

    System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver","D:\\IEDriverServer_Win32_2.33.0\\IEDriverServer.exe");

    WebDriver driver= new InternetExplorerDriver(capabilities);


    driver.get(baseURl);

    //Identify your elements and go ahead testing...

This will definetly not show any error and browser will open and also will navigate to the URL.

BUT This will not identify any element and hence you can not proceed.

Why? Because we have simly suppressed the error and asked IE to open and get that URL. However Selenium will identify elements only if the browser zoom is 100% ie. default. So the final code would be

Method 2 The robust and full proof way:

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer();

    capabilities.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.IGNORE_ZOOM_SETTING, true);

    System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver","D:\\IEDriverServer_Win32_2.33.0\\IEDriverServer.exe");

    WebDriver driver= new InternetExplorerDriver(capabilities);


    driver.get(baseURl);

    driver.findElement(By.tagName("html")).sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.CONTROL,"0"));

    //Identify your elements and go ahead testing...

Hope this helps. Do let me know if further information is required.

User · Answer

It needs to set same Security level in all zones  To do that follow the steps below    Open IE Go to Tools -  Internet Options -  Security Set all zones  Internet  Local intranet  Trusted sites  Restricted sites  to the same protected mode  enabled or disabled should not matter    Finally  set Zoom level to 100  by right clicking on the gear located at the top right corner and enabling the status-bar  Default zoom level is now displayed at the lower right

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Well as the stack trace says  you would need to set the protected mode settings to same for all zones in IE   Read the why here   http   jimevansmusic blogspot in 2012 08 youre-doing-it-wrong-protected-mode-and html   and a quick how to from the same link     In IE  from the Tools menu  or the gear icon in the toolbar in later versions   select  Internet options   Go to the Security tab  At the bottom of the dialog for each zone  you should see a check box labeled  Enable Protected Mode   Set the value of the check box to the same value  either checked or unchecked  for each zone

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Wanted to share the actual code as few might still be confused about how to implement it This is for C  NUNIT implementation  You need to do this because your company might not allow you to change the default security settings for obvious reasons  Good luck    InternetExplorerOptions options   new InternetExplorerOptions                options IntroduceInstabilityByIgnoringProtectedModeSettings   true              options IgnoreZoomLevel   true              driver   new                 InternetExplorerDriver  C   Users  stdd  Desktop  SLL  SLLAutomation                       Clysis  STGSearch  STGClaSearch  Driver     options               driver Manage   Window Maximize

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To resolve this issue you have to do two things     You will need to set a registry entry on the target computer so that the driver can maintain a connection to the instance of Internet Explorer it creates  Change few settings of Internet Explorer browser on that machine      where you desire to run automation     1   Setting Registry Key   Entry     To set registry key or entry  you need to open  Registry Editor   To open  Registry Editor  press windows button key   r alphabet key which will open  Run Window  and then type  regedit  and press enter  Or Press Windows button key and enter  regedit  at start menu and press enter  Now depending upon your OS type whether 32 64 bit follow the corresponding steps    Windows 32 bit    go to this location -  HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Internet Explorer Main FeatureControl  and check for  FEATURE BFCACHE  key   Windows 64 bit    go to this location - HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Wow6432Node Microsoft Internet Explorer Main FeatureControl and check for  FEATURE BFCACHE  key  Please note that the FEATURE BFCACHE subkey may or may not be present  and should be created if it is not present   Important  Inside this key  create a DWORD value named iexplore exe with the value of 0     2   Change Settings of Internet Explorer Browser     Click on setting button and select  Internet options   On  Internet options  window go to  Security  tab Now select  Internet  option and unchecked the  Enable Protected Mode  check box and change the  Security level  to low  Now select  Local Intranet  Option and change the  Security level  to low  Now select  Trusted Sites  Option and change the  Security level  to low       Now click on  Apply  button   a warning pop up may appear click on  OK  button for warning and then on  OK  button on Internet Options window       After this restart the browser

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Go to IE- gt Tools- gt Internet Options  Go to Security tab  Either Enable Disable the protected mode for all Internet  Local Intranet  Trusted Sites  amp  Restricted Sites

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I was not able to modify the protected mode settings manually on my system since they were disabled  But the below VBA snippet for updating the registry values did the trick for me  Please be cautious about any restrictions on your organization on modifying registry  before trying this  Const HKEY CURRENT USER    amp H80000001 strComputer    quot   quot   Set ScriptMe GetObject  quot winmgmts  impersonationLevel impersonate     quot   amp        strComputer  amp   quot  root default StdRegProv quot     Disable protected mode for local intranet  strKeyPath    quot Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Internet Settings Zones 1  quot  strValueName    quot 2500 quot  dwValue   0 ScriptMe SetDWORDValue HKEY CURRENT USER strKeyPath strValueName dwValue   Disable protected mode for trusted pages  strKeyPath    quot Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Internet Settings Zones 2  quot  strValueName    quot 2500 quot  dwValue   0 ScriptMe SetDWORDValue HKEY CURRENT USER strKeyPath strValueName dwValue   Disable protected mode for internet  strKeyPath    quot Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Internet Settings Zones 3  quot  strValueName    quot 2500 quot  dwValue   0 ScriptMe SetDWORDValue HKEY CURRENT USER strKeyPath strValueName dwValue   Disable protected mode for restricted sites  strKeyPath    quot Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Internet Settings Zones 4  quot  strValueName    quot 2500 quot  dwValue   0 ScriptMe SetDWORDValue HKEY CURRENT USER strKeyPath strValueName dwValue  msgbox  quot Protected Mode Settings are updated quot   Just copy paste the above code into notepad and save it with  vbs extension and double click it  Now try running your automation script again

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For NighwatchJS use    ie         desiredCapabilities          browserName    internet explorer        javascriptEnabled   true       acceptSslCerts   true       allowBlockedContent   true       ignoreProtectedModeSettings   true

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Rather than using Absolute path for IEDriverServer exe  its better to use relative path in accordance to the project           DesiredCapabilities capabilities   DesiredCapabilities internetExplorer            capabilities setCapability InternetExplorerDriver INTRODUCE FLAKINESS BY IGNORING SECURITY DOMAINS  true           File fil   new File  iDrivers  IEDriverServer exe            System setProperty  webdriver ie driver   fil getAbsolutePath             WebDriver driver   new InternetExplorerDriver capabilities                   driver get  https   www irctc co in

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The following snippet of WebDriver Java code should work to launch IE  The code will ignore the setup of Protected mode settings for all zone in the IE browser   DesiredCapabilities capabilities   DesiredCapabilities internetExplorer    capabilities setCapability InternetExplorerDriver INTRODUCE FLAKINESS BY IGNORING SECURITY DOMAINS  true   File file   new File  D   Ripon Al Wasim  IEDriverServer exe    System setProperty  webdriver ie driver   file getAbsolutePath     WebDriver driver   new InternetExplorerDriver capabilities   driver get  https   www google com       Download IEDriverServer and extract it into your desired location and set the absolute path  In my above example it was  D  Ripon Al Wasim IEDriverServer exe

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