What is the correct IEDriverServer version to use with IE 11 through Selenium

Question

I just got updated to Windows 10 (x64). My old desktop had IE 11 but a lower version, as it was running Windows 7. I now have the following IE version:

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Answer 1

As a thumb-rule you can always use the released IEDriverServer from the respective released Selenium clients.

As an example,

• If you are using Selenium v3.14
  • Download, extract and use IEDriverServer_Win32_3.14.0.zip or IEDriverServer_x64_3.14.0.zip
• Snapshot:

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Update

However to work with IE11 you have to take care of a couple of things which are beyond the scope of this discussion and are as follows:

• How does the registry entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\…\FEATURE_BFCACHE for InternetExplorerDriver solves the Internet Explorer 11 issue?
• Internet Explorer Protective mode setting and Zoom levels
• Selenium InternetExplorerDriver doesn't get focus on the window
• How to ignore protected Mode Settings for Internet Explorer using setCapability() through Selenium and Java?