Unable to find element on closed window on IE 11 with Selenium

Question

I\'m trying to run tests on Internet Explorer 11 working with Selenium WebDriver. The code is:

System.setProperty(\"webdriver.ie.driver\", \"Path/to//IEDrive         


        

Answer 1

There are 2 ways:

Way 1: Setting INITIAL_BROWSER_URL:

File ieFile = new File("D:\\IEDriverServer_x64_2.53.0\\IEDriverServer.exe");
System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", ieFile.getAbsolutePath());
DesiredCapabilities ieCaps = DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer();
ieCaps.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.INITIAL_BROWSER_URL, "http://www.bing.com/");
driver = new InternetExplorerDriver(ieCaps);
//some operations on that site
driver.findElement(By.id("sb_form_q")).clear();
driver.findElement(By.id("sb_form_q")).sendKeys("Ripon Al Wasim");
driver.findElement(By.id("sb_form_go")).click();

Way 2: To set a registry entry on the target computer:
For IE 11 only, 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.

For 32-bit Windows: The key you must examine in the registry editor is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BFCACHE.

For 64-bit Windows: The key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BFCACHE.

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.

For more details you can visit: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/wiki/InternetExplorerDriver#required-configuration