IE Protected Mode for Local System Account

Question

I have a Windows Service that runs a Team City Build agent on a Windows 7 OS.

This agent triggers NUnit tests which use the Selenium IE web drivers to execute a seri

Answer 1

There is a setting on the IE WebDriver that tells it to ignore the protected mode settings. Judging by the name of the setting it might introduce some "instability", but I've had no problems with this approach:

var options = new InternetExplorerOptions();
// avoid the "Protected Mode must be set to the same value (enabled or disabled) for all zones" error
options.IntroduceInstabilityByIgnoringProtectedModeSettings = true;
return new InternetExplorerDriver(options);