How to open MS Edge in Internet Explorer mode Using Selenium but using the default user profile?

[Sohrab T]

I am trying to open MS Edge in Internet Explorer mode using Selenium with the default user profile loaded.

The following opens Edge in Internet Explorer mode but the user profile is not the default profile.

from selenium import webdriver 

import os 

import sys 

ieOptions = webdriver.IeOptions() 

pwd = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]) 

web_driver_path = os.path.join(pwd,'IEDriverServer.exe') 

msedge_user_profile = ('C:/Users/' + os.getlogin() + '/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Edge/User Data/')

ieOptions.add_additional_option('user-data-dir', msedge_user_profile) 

ieOptions.add_additional_option("profile-directory", "Profile 1")

ieOptions.to_capabilities()

ieOptions.attach_to_edge_chrome = True

ieOptions.edge_executable_path = ( 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe')

Added context: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webdriver-chromium/ie-mode?tabs=c-sharp

Any help would be really appreciated.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73437314/how-to-open-ms-edge-in-internet-explorer-mode-using-selenium-but-using-the-defau