watir-webdriver + protected mode in XP-IE8
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RJ
Oct 18, 2011, 1:45:17 PM10/18/11
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Getting following error msg:
Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoSuchDriverError: Unexpected error
launching Internet Explorer. Protected Mode must be set to the same
value (enabled or disabled) for all zones.
but this feature is not available on XP-IE8. What to do.
Thanks,
RJ
Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoSuchDriverError: Unexpected error
launching Internet Explorer. Protected Mode must be set to the same
value (enabled or disabled) for all zones.
but this feature is not available on XP-IE8. What to do.
Thanks,
RJ
Chuck van der Linden
Oct 18, 2011, 4:56:41 PM10/18/11
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It's still there in IE8. whether it enables or not depends on
several things, browsing local subnet sites vs internet, settings for
UAC if running of Vista or Win7, and if you started IE 'as
administrator' or not.
What I've found sometimes solves this kind of issue is to go into the
Internet Security Properties UI and set all the zones that may be
encountered when running a script to the same zone, most often
'trusted' Then also make sure your homepage, and the page displayed
when any new tab is opened are also set the same way, that includes
'about:blank' and 'about:tabs.
Another thing that can sometimes make a difference is opening up your
command line session (that you run your scripts from) 'as
administrator' as this can affect the security settings in an IE
session launched via that CMD window.
What's happening is that as a type of protection against cross site
scripting attacks, whenever the browser changes security zones, it
basically destroys the instance that was running in the old context,
and creates a new one. When that happens the underlaying
identification of the window changes, and watir looses connection to
the browser. You need to either attach, or use the watir-webdriver
methods to change to the appropriate browser window just as you would
have to do if you had closed and re-opened IE. That's probably not
accurate in a very technical sense, but it's close enough to
understand the nature of the problem.
For more info, see here http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2008/03/11/ie8-and-loosely-coupled-ie-lcie.aspx
and/or do a bunch of googling for protected/protection mode and IE8
several things, browsing local subnet sites vs internet, settings for
UAC if running of Vista or Win7, and if you started IE 'as
administrator' or not.
What I've found sometimes solves this kind of issue is to go into the
Internet Security Properties UI and set all the zones that may be
encountered when running a script to the same zone, most often
'trusted' Then also make sure your homepage, and the page displayed
when any new tab is opened are also set the same way, that includes
'about:blank' and 'about:tabs.
Another thing that can sometimes make a difference is opening up your
command line session (that you run your scripts from) 'as
administrator' as this can affect the security settings in an IE
session launched via that CMD window.
What's happening is that as a type of protection against cross site
scripting attacks, whenever the browser changes security zones, it
basically destroys the instance that was running in the old context,
and creates a new one. When that happens the underlaying
identification of the window changes, and watir looses connection to
the browser. You need to either attach, or use the watir-webdriver
methods to change to the appropriate browser window just as you would
have to do if you had closed and re-opened IE. That's probably not
accurate in a very technical sense, but it's close enough to
understand the nature of the problem.
For more info, see here http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2008/03/11/ie8-and-loosely-coupled-ie-lcie.aspx
and/or do a bunch of googling for protected/protection mode and IE8
Željko Filipin
Oct 19, 2011, 4:26:32 AM10/19/11
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On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:45 PM, RJ <rj41...@gmail.com> wrote:
> but this feature is not available on XP-IE8.
> but this feature is not available on XP-IE8.
I will try to install watir on xp with IE8 this Saturday.
The results will be here:
https://github.com/zeljkofilipin/watirbook/blob/master/installation/windows.md
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RJ
Oct 24, 2011, 10:54:56 AM10/24/11
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Zeljko,
Did u get a chance to look into this?
IE8 on windows XP protected mode?
Thanks
Did u get a chance to look into this?
IE8 on windows XP protected mode?
Thanks
Željko Filipin
Oct 24, 2011, 10:58:49 AM10/24/11
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On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 4:54 PM, RJ <rj41...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Did u get a chance to look into this?
> IE8 on windows XP protected mode?
> Did u get a chance to look into this?
> IE8 on windows XP protected mode?
It is still on my todo list. I planned to work on it for my watir book the past Saturday, but then another project that actually makes money appeared, so this was delayed. :)
Željko
hillary
Oct 24, 2011, 3:06:13 PM10/24/11
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I'm also getting this error. I'm running my tests with taza, which opens a new browser session for each test. It doesn't happen for every test, but maybe one or two in each test run.
bis
Oct 24, 2011, 3:13:12 PM10/24/11
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I have some time tonight i will throw together a VM with windows XP
and ie8 are there any other specifics i need to know before i set this
up?
and ie8 are there any other specifics i need to know before i set this
up?
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Željko Filipin
Oct 27, 2011, 7:52:52 AM10/27/11
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On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:45 PM, RJ <rj41...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Protected Mode must be set to the same
> value (enabled or disabled) for all zones.
>
> but this feature is not available on XP-IE8. What to do.
> value (enabled or disabled) for all zones.
>
> but this feature is not available on XP-IE8. What to do.
Really, there is no "enable protected mode" checkbox in IE8. Just checked.
Solutions:
1) Use watir gem to drive IE. Why are you using watir-webdriver gem to drive IE? Watir gem is better at the moment.
2) Enable protected mode in IE6/7 and then upgrade to IE8. That is what I did, and I can drive IE8 with watir-webdriver gem.
Željko
Željko Filipin
Oct 27, 2011, 7:59:29 AM10/27/11
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On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Željko Filipin <zeljko....@wa-research.ch> wrote:
> Really, there is no "enable protected mode" checkbox in IE8. Just checked.
> Really, there is no "enable protected mode" checkbox in IE8. Just checked.
I have just checked, and that option is there only in IE9. It is not it IE 6, 7 and 8.
I am not sure why did you get that error message in IE8.
Željko
Chuck van der Linden
Oct 27, 2011, 3:33:05 PM10/27/11
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On Oct 27, 4:59 am, Željko Filipin <zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch>
wrote:
the say way things do with regard to protected mode in IE9
Also recall that Protected Mode is OS sensitive IE7 and IE8 will be
different in that regard when running on XP compared to Vista, Server
2008, or Win7 See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb250462%28v=vs.85%29.aspx,
what is described there is specific to vista, but as I recall
virtually the same on Server2008, Win7 and Server2008R2
wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Željko Filipin <
>
>
> zeljko.fili...@wa-research.ch> wrote:
> > Really, there is no "enable protected mode" checkbox in IE8. Just checked.
>
> I have just checked, and that option is there only in IE9. It is not it IE
> 6, 7 and 8.
>
> I am not sure why did you get that error message in IE8.
>
> Željko
The way the browser is doing things may LOOK to the code driving it
> > Really, there is no "enable protected mode" checkbox in IE8. Just checked.
>
> I have just checked, and that option is there only in IE9. It is not it IE
> 6, 7 and 8.
>
> I am not sure why did you get that error message in IE8.
>
> Željko
the say way things do with regard to protected mode in IE9
Also recall that Protected Mode is OS sensitive IE7 and IE8 will be
different in that regard when running on XP compared to Vista, Server
2008, or Win7 See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb250462%28v=vs.85%29.aspx,
what is described there is specific to vista, but as I recall
virtually the same on Server2008, Win7 and Server2008R2
srinivas kadiyala
Nov 11, 2014, 3:05:44 PM11/11/14
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I get the same error: In IE 11
Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoSuchDriverError: Unexpected error launching Intern
et Explorer. Protected Mode settings are not the same for all zones. Enable Prot
ected Mode must be set to the same value (enabled or disabled) for all zones.
How to solve it ?
Jim Evans
Nov 11, 2014, 5:29:31 PM11/11/14
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How to solve it? Set the Protected Mode settings. For the technical reasons why the IE driver requires this, see http://jimevansmusic.blogspot.com/2012/08/youre-doing-it-wrong-protected-mode-and.html
srinivas kadiyala (SKC)
Nov 13, 2014, 12:55:57 AM11/13/14
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thank you very much. i will try this out.
Regards,
Srinivas Kadiyala
Srinivas Kadiyala
On 12 November 2014 03:59, Jim Evans <james.h....@gmail.com> wrote:
How to solve it? Set the Protected Mode settings. For the technical reasons why the IE driver requires this, see http://jimevansmusic.blogspot.com/2012/08/youre-doing-it-wrong-protected-mode-and.html
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