When I run any WatiN test on Windows 7 with IE8(note that all tests pass on Vista with IE8), the browser displays the first page but does not go any further. The following exception is displayed after a few seconds:
WatiN.Core.Exceptions.TimeoutException: Timeout while Internet Explorer state not complete
at WatiN.Core.UtilityClasses.TryFuncUntilTimeOut.ThrowTimeOutException(Exception lastException, String message)
at WatiN.Core.UtilityClasses.TryFuncUntilTimeOut.HandleTimeOut()
at WatiN.Core.UtilityClasses.TryFuncUntilTimeOut.Try(DoFunc1 func)
at WatiN.Core.WaitForCompleteBase.WaitUntil(DoFunc1 waitWhile, BuildTimeOutExceptionMessage exceptionMessage)
at WatiN.Core.Native.InternetExplorer.WaitForComplete.WaitWhileIEReadyStateNotComplete(IWebBrowser2 ie)
at WatiN.Core.Native.InternetExplorer.IEWaitForComplete.DoWait()
at WatiN.Core.DomContainer.WaitForComplete(IWait waitForComplete)
at WatiN.Core.IE.WaitForComplete(Int32 waitForCompleteTimeOut)
at WatiN.Core.DomContainer.WaitForComplete()
at WatiN.Core.Browser.GoTo(Uri url)
at WatiN.Core.IE.FinishInitialization(Uri uri)
at WatiN.Core.IE.CreateNewIEAndGoToUri(Uri uri, IDialogHandler logonDialogHandler, Boolean createInNewProcess)
at WatiN.Core.IE..ctor(String url)
at CCS.iPS.ST.Tests.UIWithDBVerification.Tests.DCC_Offered_Completed_ThreeDS_And_Authorisation_Completed() in Tests.cs: line 18
Make sure you are running as an Administrator. Seems to be an issue where Watin can't access the DOM in IE unless the application is running with System Administrator privileges.
I know this is an ancient thread, but I've found found a workaround for WatiN under Windows 7 that doesn't require you to run as an administrator (which isn't allowed in my company :S) If you disable protected mode in Internet Explorer it should run fine: -
1 - Open internet explorer.
2 - Click on Tools menu and select Internet Options.
3 - Select Security Tab in the Internet options windows.
4 - Select Internet from the zone settings.
5 - Uncheck Enable Protected Mode option to disable the protection from Security for this zone.
6 - Hit Apply and Ok
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Unable launch Internet Explorer using my script it gives this error
Selenium::WebDriver::Error::SessionNotCreatedError: Unexpected error launching Internet Explorer. Protected Mode settings are not the same for all zones. Enable Protected Mode must be set to the same value (enabled or disabled) for all zones.
I researched a lot to get work around for this and found few solutions https://stackoverflow.com/a/29453294/1976848, but I am unable to change my IE browser settings, The checkbox to "Enable Protected mode" is disabled for all the zones here
Also, tried to override this with desired capabilities here is the code but not getting any success:
caps = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.internet_explorer(
:ignoreProtectedModeSettings => true,
:javascriptEnabled => true,
)
Watir::Browser.new :ie, http_client: client,:desired_capabilities => caps
I am using Cucumber with Ruby and Watir and Browser is Internet Explorer 11.
Please suggest some workaround for this.
The issue gets resolved after doing continuous research around it,
Most of the Stackoverflow and Github answers shows to change the settings from Internet Options but those are not working from me due to permission limitation
One of the blog posts from LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/automation-using-internet-explorer-11-pritam-maske. Suggested to modify the registry specific to internet explorer, but that too I am unable to edit due to permission limitations.
Taking the points from registry modification, then I found a way to edit it via PowerShell script and found few solutions to reset the Internet Explorer Preferences from Microsoft power shell script repositories
How to reset all Internet Explorer settings for a different user profile?
With this got 1 step success but main problem remains same i.e. my IE 11 not launched, then searched for to "Enable the Protected Mode for all Zones" and got few post with a good description around it
a. Powershell – IE zones Protected Mode state
b. IE Browser - Powershell script to add a site to trusted sites list, disable protected mode & make all zones security level low
At last, after doing tweaks in the Powershell script it works and my script is working fine for IE browser.
I'm trying to edit a document from an alfresco repository using MS word via the AOS module. Unfortunately I get a warning prompt about this all the time.
The message in the prompt reads to this effect:
Some files can harm the computer. If the file information below looks
suspicious or if you do not fully trust the source, then do not open
the file.
I have so far used inetcpl to configure the trusted sites for the intranet zones and added the domains to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains
following the instructions from this site and some others (which all practically allude to the same thing) but so far I have had zero success in disabling the thing.
OS: windows 7
EDCM: Alfresco 5.2 with AOS
Browser: Internet Explorer 11
Your error message is not in English language, So it is difficult for us to understand which actual error you are getting.
If you are trying to open file via IE and getting security warning for opening a file then you can refer steps below to stop it.
(1) Open Internet Explorer.
(2) Go to Tools.
(3) Click on Internet Options.
(4) Select Security tab.
(5) Click button named as 'Custom level'.
(6) Find an option called 'Launching applications and unsafe files(not secure)'.
(7) Enable it.
(8) Restart the Internet Explorer.
Note: It is not recommended to enable this option for a security reason. You can try to make a test with it to check whether it can solve your issue or not.
We have been successfully using Selenium tests on Chrome and Firefox, we now want to start testing on a Windows 10 Virtual Machine with Internet Explorer too. We are so far now that the tests start, and Internet Explorer opens and goes to the page we want to test. But any interactions with the page fail the test, it doesn't find any of the elements. The error is usually 'element cannot be found by xpath'. The same tests run fine in Chrome and Firefox on the same machine.
Here are few checklist to execute through Internet Explorer:
Ensure that you are using the latest Selenium 3.x jars along with IE 11.
Next you need to download the "IEDriverServer" (32 bit) from here.
Provide the absolute path of the "IEDriverServer" while setting the system property.
Here is the code for IE 11 to open gmail and login with valid credentials:
(replace your_id with a valid userid & replace your_password with a valid password)
//Internet Explorer 11
System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", "C:\\SeleniumUtilities\\BrowserDrivers\\IEDriverServer.exe");
WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.get("http:\\\\gmail.com");
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.findElement(By.id("Email")).sendKeys("your_id");
driver.findElement(By.id("next")).click();
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 5);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.id("Passwd")));
driver.findElement(By.id("Passwd")).sendKeys("your_password");
driver.findElement(By.id("signIn")).click();
driver.quit();
Let me know if it works for you.
I got it to work. The problem was that I needed to turn off protected mode for all security zones in internet explorer -> internet settings -> security.
I initially installed the Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web on my desktop. My desktop runs Windows 8.1 with internet explorer 11. It ran fine until the license expired after the first 30 days. I tried to sign in to renew the license, however after clicking the 'sign in' button I get an error dialog. The dialog states 'Browser is security restricted or javaScript is disabled. I have no other option but to close and exit Visual Studio.
I went to the online forums for Microsoft. There were discussions and suggestions on how to fix the error. I tried lowering the settings for the security tab in internet explorer. I have validated the option for scripting is enabled. I have also added https://*.visualstudio.com to the trusted sites tab. Other users on the forum have tried the same suggestions and have not succeeded in signing into the visual studio application.
I had exactly the same problem, here is what I did:
a) Go in IE, click on settings wheel then Internet Options and Security tab.
b) Click on Custom level button (make sure you select Internet zone).
c) In Security Settings window, under Scripting I set Enabled for Active scripting.
After that Sign In should work. Even though Chrome is default browser, it seems that VS uses IE for sign in process.
Hope this helps!
There is another issue people are running into that is a bug with the login dialog. The login dialog is using a Web Browser control to login the user. By default it loads up "about:blank" as the URI. It then proceeds to try to execute some JavaScript (just ";") to verify it has permissions to do so. On some machines this is problematic because "about:blank" has been mapped to zone 0, or the Local Machine zone. When the JavaScript is executed MSHTML will check the zone of the URI and then the policy for executing scripts. By default the Local Machine zone is locked down, and all script executions result in a Query policy. What this means is if you're running in immersion mode (aka in Internet Explorer) you will get a message box asking if you want to execute the script. However, the Web Browser control used by VS 2013's "Sign In" dialog doesn't run MSHTML code in immersion mode, so the Query policy effectively equates to a Disallow policy. The bug here is someone in VS assumed "about:blank" resolves to the Internet zone, and when it resolves to the Local Computer zone you get this behavior.
The workaround is to remove "about:blank" zone mapping. Point regedit to this key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains]
Remove the "blank" key.
Alternatively you can change the Local Machine Lockdown policy for executing scripts. The reg key for that is:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Lockdown_Zones\0]
Set the "1400" DWORD value to 0.
There are many sites you need to list in your Trusted Sites. Following the trace of what the stupid, stupid login script does:
https://.visualstudio.com
https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com
https://.accesscontrol.windows.net
https://auth.gfx.ms
https://login.live.com
Only then was I able to log on to my FREE software.
Hi this is Albert from Microsoft. Just want to let you all know that this issue has been fixed in the upcoming Update 2 for Visual Studio 2013. Thanks for your patience while we figured this one out :)
Same problem "Browser is security restricted or JavaScript is disabled" here but the solution from #jic didn't work for me..
If you can and it is convenient for you this is a solution which worked for me:
I have created a new user/profile on my PC and for this user it was just working fine.
Before this action I have tried to make an user account which had this problem as:
Power user - didn't work
Administrator - didn't work as well
So the last solution in my case was a brand new user on the PC..
Here's what worked for me.
Open Control Panel, Internet Options.
First, I clicked the Security tab and turned security the security for the Internet zone to its minimum.
Next, click the Privacy tab, then click Advanced. Choose "Accept" for both types of cookies.
Of course you can change these all back after extending your VS trial.
you must change secure settings of iexplore for admin account. If logon by other account, you must start iexplore under admin account or logon under admin account, because you will get license after admin account.
Click on Start --> Run --> type cmd and click on OK.
Command Prompt will be opened. Then enter this command.
ipconfig /flushdns
and press Enter.
Now try to access https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/Profile/View
It worked for me...
As I can not add a comment yet to the answer of CBGraham, I've to add this note over here:
The solution described from CBGraham worked for me (Thanks Graham). I had to add an additional link:
https://account.live.com
Then I opened the IE and tried to login to a Microsoft site. I left the IE window open and just clicked once again on the VS to login. Then it worked for me. Even with strong restrictions on the IE settings. While I'm surprised why someone should set down his security settings, just to register VS.
I am trying to get selenium tests to run. Yet every time I try to run a tests that should run IE I get a error on line 863 of htmlutils.js It says that I should disable my popup blocker. The thing is I went to IE tools-> turn of popup block.
So it is disabled and I get this error.
Is there something else I need to disable. I actually don't even know what version of Internet explorer it is running since I am using Windows 7 Pro 64bit version. So when I do use IE I use 64bit version but I am under the understanding if the site or something like that does not support 64bit it goes to 32bit.
So not sure what I need to do it to make it work.
This is the lines where it does
function openSeparateApplicationWindow(url, suppressMozillaWarning) {
// resize the Selenium window itself
window.resizeTo(1200, 500);
window.moveTo(window.screenX, 0);
var appWindow = window.open(url + '?start=true', 'selenium_main_app_window');
if (appWindow == null) {
var errorMessage = "Couldn't open app window; is the pop-up blocker enabled?"
LOG.error(errorMessage);
throw new Error("Couldn't open app window; is the pop-up blocker enabled?");
}
Where is this log.error message stored? Maybe I can post that too.
I had a similar problem on Vista and IE8
I would get the same error message
Couldn't open app window; is the pop-up blocker enabled?"
Running my remote control as Admin wasn't an option for me, and also a poor idea from a security perspective.
So in the end I manage to solved this by changeing browser from "*ietha" to "*iexploreproxy"
grid_configuration.yml
hub:
port: 4444
...
- name: "Internet Explorer 8 on Vista"
browser: "*iexploreproxy"
...
Alternatively, you can change browser string from the code:
ISelenium selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*iexploreproxy", "http://www.google.com/");
Works like a charm.
The only question remaing is if this somehow affects the outcome of the test cases. So far no, but I'll update this answer in case that would happen.
I ran into this on Windows 7 64bit.
My solution was:
Disable popup block. - Select "Tools/Popup Blocker/Turn off pop-up blocker"
Disable IE protected mode. - Untick "Tools/Internet Options/Security/Enable protected mode"
It'd be better just to disable protected modes for known trusted hosts/addresses. I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader.
I was experiencing the same problem. I ran the Selenium RC server as an administrator and everything worked fine.
I, too, am experiencing this very problem on a Windows 7 64bit box, trying to run Selenium on it to test and ASP .Net MVC application, written in C#.
I am still trying to work out the answer for myself, but I thought I'd post here to tell you of a little progress I have made in getting something to work, albeit in Firefox instead of IE.
Here's the line I changed:
selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*chrome C:/Program Files (x86)/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/");
I would ideally like for this to work in Internet Explorer 8, but if for the moment, I can begin getting tests working and later change over to use IE again, then great.
Hope this helps for your problem with it all.
I had the same problem on Windows 7 64bit IE8. The first step was to disable the IE popup blocker. Then, I got a message in the status bar saying that "Pop-ups were blocked on this page. Press the 'Ctrl' key to allow the pop-ups".
It turns out that the Google Toolbar was providing this feature. Disabling it solved the problem. View > Toolbars > Google to toggle.
John.
If you happen to be doing this from JavaScriptMVC, there is a reference you need to change in \jmvc\plugins\test\drivers\selenium.js:
1) Change iexplore to iexploreproxy and you should get better results:
msie : (/iexploreproxy/i).test(browserStartCommand),
2) At this point, you'll find that you still get the popup error, but a separate instance of IE has started. Leave that IE window open and restart the tests, but not Selenium.
3) Next, the windows should show up in the right place, but IE gives the annoying block active content warning. Allow the content to run and restart the tests, but not Selenium itself.
This is super clunky, but it at least gets you past that part. If I find more methodical ways to do these things I'll update as needed.
I have had the same problem and have found another solution which works for me. Just use the *iexploreproxy setting in the browserString.
I used:
selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*iexploreproxy C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplorer.exe", "http://www.bbc.co.uk/");
I hope that works for others too :)
You can start the test when you disable the Security mode of Internet. Don´t know the correct name for it, but in dutch it is beveiligde modus.
I tried modifiing the security settings to dublicate this security mode, but couldn´t find the correct setting for it. It must therefor block more then you can set manually.