How do I setup the InternetExplorerDriver so it works

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I am using WebDriver and I have downloaded the InternetExplorerDriver and was wondering what I do with it after it is downloaded   This says to put the driver in my path  Not really certain what exactly they are talking about there    Has anyone used this and if so could you provide detailed steps on how to set it up so it will work   I am getting the following error      The path to the driver executable must be set by the   webdriver ie driver system property   I downloaded the executables for IE and the Chrome driver  Where do I set it at

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WebDriverManager allows to automate the management of the binary drivers  e g  chromedriver  geckodriver  etc   required by Selenium WebDriver   Link  https   github com bonigarcia webdrivermanager  you can use something link this  WebDriverManager iedriver   setup     add the following dependency for Maven    lt dependency gt       lt groupId gt io github bonigarcia lt  groupId gt       lt artifactId gt webdrivermanager lt  artifactId gt       lt version gt x x x lt  version gt       lt scope gt test lt  scope gt   lt  dependency gt    or see  https   www toolsqa com selenium-webdriver webdrivermanager

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If you are using RemoteDriver things are different  From http   element34 ca blog iedriverserver-webdriver-and-python    You will need to start the server using a line like  java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2 26 0 jar -Dwebdriver ie driver C  Temp IEDriverServer exe   I found that if the IEDriverServer exe was in C  Windows System32  or its subfolders  it couldn t be found automatically  even though System32 was in the  PATH   or explicitly using the -D flag

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public class NavigateUsingAllBrowsers     public static void main String   args     WebDriver driverFF  new FirefoxDriver    driverFF navigate   to  http   www firefox com      File file  new File  C  Users mkv workspace ServerDrivers IEDriverServer exe    System setProperty  webdriver ie driver   file getAbsolutePath     WebDriver driverIE new InternetExplorerDriver    driverIE navigate   to  http   www msn com         Download Chrome Driver from http   code google com p chromedriver downloads list  file  new File  C  Users mkv workspace ServerDrivers ChromeDriver exe    System setProperty  webdriver chrome driver   file getAbsolutePath     WebDriver driverChrome new ChromeDriver    driverChrome navigate   to  http   www chrome com

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Unpack it and place somewhere you can find it  In my example  I will assume you will place it to C  Selenium iexploredriver exe  Then you have to set it up in the system  Here is the Java code pasted from my Selenium project   File file   new File  C  Selenium iexploredriver exe    System setProperty  webdriver ie driver   file getAbsolutePath     WebDriver driver   new InternetExplorerDriver      Basically  you have to set this property before you initialize driver  Reference    Driver executable must be set by the webdriver ie driver system property

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using System Text                     static void Main String   args        var driver    new InternetExplorerDriver   C  Users PathToTheFolderContainingIEDriver exe         driver Navigate   GoToUrl  https   www google com         Console Read            You need not include the  exe file  The path to the folder containing the  exe worked for me

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This is just to help somebody in future  When we initiate InternetExplorerDriver   instance in a java project it uses IEDriver exe  downloaded by individuals  which tries to extract temporary files in user s TEMP folder when it s not in path then ur busted   Safest way is to provide your own extract path as shown below  System setProperty  webdriver ie driver extractpath    F   Study      System setProperty  webdriver ie driver    F   Study  IEDriverServer exe    System setProperty  webdriver ie logfile    F   Study  IEDriverServer log    InternetExplorerDriver d   new InternetExplorerDriver    d get  http   www google com    d quit

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Another way to resolve this problem is  Let s assume  path to driver directory   C  Work drivers  driver   IEDriverServer exe When getting messsage about path you can always add path to driver directory containing driver to the PATH environment variable  Check  http   java com en download help path xml Then simply check in cmd window if driver is available - just run cmd in any location and type name of driver  If everything works fine then you get  C  Users A gt IEDriverServer exe Started InternetExplorerDriver server  32-bit  2 28 0 0 Listening on port 5555  Thats it

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Basically you need to download the IEDriverServer exe from Selenium HQ  website without executing anything just remmeber the location where you want it  and then  put the code on Eclipse like this  System setProperty  webdriver ie driver    C   Users  juan torres  Desktop  QA stuff  IEDriverServer Win32 2 32 3  IEDriverServer exe    WebDriver driver  new InternetExplorerDriver     driver navigate   to  http   www youtube com       for the path use double slash      ok have fun

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Here is the exact solution  which worked in my case    On IE 7 or higher on Windows Vista or Windows 7  you must set the Protected Mode settings for each zone to be the same value  The value can be on or off  as long as it is the same for every zone  To set the Protected Mode settings  choose  Internet Options     from the Tools menu  and click on the Security tab  For each zone  there will be a check box at the bottom of the tab labeled  Enable Protected Mode   Additionally   Enhanced Protected Mode  must be disabled for IE 10 and higher  This option is found in the Advanced tab of the Internet Options dialog  System setProperty  webdriver ie driver   C   Users  ssin22  Downloads  IEDriverServer x64 2 48 0  IEDriverServer exe        package Testing   import java io File   import org openqa selenium WebDriver  import org openqa selenium ie InternetExplorerDriver   public class LaunchIE        public static void main String   args               TODO Auto-generated method stub          System setProperty  webdriver ie driver   C   Users  ssin22  Downloads  IEDriverServer x64 2 48 0  IEDriverServer exe         WebDriver driver new InternetExplorerDriver        driver get  http   google com

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