Chrome 85 - Download issue - This file may harm your computer prompt

[Ashwin Balaji Kuppuraj]

Even after setting all the below option in the Custom Chrome driver, I am getting the prompt when downloading the "xml file"

    chromePrefs.put("profile.default_content_settings.popups", 0);// NOI18N

    chromePrefs.put("download.default_directory", downloadDir);// NOI18N

chromePrefs.put("download.prompt_for_download", "false");// NOI18N

chromePrefs.put("download.extensions_to_open", "application/xml");// NOI18N

chromePrefs.put("safebrowsing.enabled", "true");// NOI18N

    ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();

options.addArguments("--safebrowsing-disable-download-protection");// NOI18N

options.addArguments("safebrowsing-disable-extension-blacklist");// NOI18N

This is affecting my automation script. anyone aware of mitigation for this?

[Vijay Shinde]

Hi Ashwin,

Just sharing my experience here.

The below source code has helped me on windows machine to skip the download issue like "This file may harm your computer prompt".

You may try and check below code before opening webdriver instance,

HashMap<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();

//to disable browser notification pop up

prefs.put("profile.default_content_setting_values.notifications", 2);  

//to disable the chrome browser prompt download file xml is harm to keep it

prefs.put("download.prompt_for_download", false);

prefs.put("download.extensions_to_open", "application/xml");

prefs.put("safebrowsing.enabled", true);

//to Turns off multiple download warning

prefs.put("profile.default_content_settings.popups", 0);

prefs.put("profile.content_settings.exceptions.automatic_downloads.*.setting", 1 );

//to set the default download file path

String downloadFilepath = System.getProperty("user.dir") + "\\src\\test\\resources\\downloads";

prefs.put("download.default_directory", downloadFilepath);

                                ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();

options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs);

options.addArguments("start-maximized");

options.addArguments("--safebrowsing-disable-download-protection");

options.addArguments("safebrowsing-disable-extension-blacklist");

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);

Regards,

Vijay Shinde