Setting the path for the ie driver in Thucydides does not work

Question

In my thucydides.properties file I have the Following:

webdriver.ie.driver = C:\\Users\\Scott-H\\IEDriverServer.exe
webdriver.chrome.driver = C:\\Users\\Scott-H\\chromedriver.exe

chrome works fine internet explorer does not. To get ie to run I have to manualy set the system properties as so in my tests.

System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", "C:\\Users\\Scott-H\\IEDriverServer.exe");

FAILED TO CREATE NEW WEBDRIVER_DRIVER INSTANCE

does anyone have any ideas why one would work but not the other?

@Story(Application.Search.SearchByKeyword.class)
@RunWith(ThucydidesRunner.class)
public class CreateContactTest {
@Managed
public WebDriver driver;

Where the driver is being created

FAILED TO CREATE NEW WEBDRIVER_DRIVER INSTANCE. sorry forgot that bit. — user3556152, Jul 08 '15 at 11:02
After setting property for IE..Have uo initialized global driver by creating new instance? — Saritha G, Jul 08 '15 at 12:17
As said by Saritha Can you post an [MCVE](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve) (Minimal Complete Verifiable Example) or [SSCCE](http://www.sscce.org/) (Short, Self Contained, Correct Example). — Madhan, Jul 08 '15 at 15:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '15 at 20:48

To make chromedriver or iedriver work, their location must be in system PATH, or set by System.setProperty. If one work and another doesn't, it probably means they are not in PATH, and one of them is set elsewhere, while the other is not. I think your framework configuration sets chromedriver path somewhere, but doesn't do the same for IEDriver.

Setting the path for the ie driver in Thucydides does not work

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