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When I launch Selenium's WebDriver (Chromedriver). A console window (chromedriver.exe) runs and it opens Chrome. I need to know how I can hide those like a silent mode because I get messy when there are too many open. I am using C#.

Ratmir Asanov
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user3240928
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  • See answer here https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/7898/selenium-c-4-0-release-says-you-can-hide-the-command-prompt-how-do-you-actual – Matthew Lock Aug 07 '17 at 23:12

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As of Chrome 59, you can now also hide the chrome browser window by using headless mode:

options.AddArgument("headless");

and in combination with:

ChromeDriverService service = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
service.HideCommandPromptWindow = true;

it runs in complete silence.

mscrivo
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  • as of chrome 79, there is no such method as "HideCommandPromptWindow" in ChromeDriverService object. – Nadee Jan 31 '20 at 05:30
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To my knowledge it's not possible to hide the browser. However, you can hide the console and set the browser offscreen:

ChromeDriverService service = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
service.HideCommandPromptWindow = true;

var options = new ChromeOptions();
options.AddArgument("--window-position=-32000,-32000");

var driver = new ChromeDriver(service, options);
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.google.co.uk");
Florent B.
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    That does not work because HideCommandPromptWindow does not exist – user3240928 Mar 05 '16 at 21:43
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    The HideCommandPromptWindow property is part of the official Selenium C# client library 2.52.0.0: http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/2.52/selenium-dotnet-2.52.0.zip – Florent B. Mar 06 '16 at 19:56
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Hello chrome driver command hide coding

public IWebDriver drv;
public AnaSayfa()
{
    CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls = false;
    ChromeDriverService service = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService();
    service.HideCommandPromptWindow = true;
    drv = new ChromeDriver(service);
    InitializeComponent();
}
void BekraHayrNesterGo()
{
    drv.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.example.com/");
}

This shape can hide cmd

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