Facing issue with IE 11 on windows 10, browser is launched but does not enter URL

Question

Selenium Code:

System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver","D:\\Automation\\Drivers\\IEDriverServer.exe");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer();
capabilities.setCapability("ignoreZoomSetting", true);
WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10,TimeUnit.SECONDS);
Thread.sleep(3000);
driver.get("http://google.co.in");

Error :

Started InternetExplorerDriver server (64-bit)
3.8.0.0
Listening on port 25160
Only local connections are allowed
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.http.client.protocol.RequestAddCookies).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info.
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.remote.SessionNotFoundException: session null does not exist (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 2 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.53.1', revision: 'a36b8b1', time: '2016-06-30 17:37:03'
System info: host: 'TS-39', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_91'

Any time the browser launches but the URL is not entered, the first thing you should do is make sure you that your Selenium driver and browser is up-to-date (or at least matching versions if you've intentionally downgraded). — JeffC, Jan 09 '18 at 15:45

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 09 '18 at 15:24

The error says it all :

org.openqa.selenium.remote.SessionNotFoundException: session null does not exist

Reason

The main reason you are seeing SessionNotFoundException is because of the following reasons :

You are using the InternetExplorerDriver of version 3.8.0.0 which is apparent from the logs below and is properly initiated.
```
Started InternetExplorerDriver server (64-bit)
3.8.0.0
Listening on port 25160
Only local connections are allowed
```

But your Selenium version is 2.53.1 which is apparent from the logs below :

Build info: version: '2.53.1', revision: 'a36b8b1', time: '2016-06-30 17:37:03'

Moreover your JDK version is much older of version 1.8.0_91 which is apparent from the logs below :

System info: host: 'TS-39', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_91'

Solution

The simple solution would be :

Update your JDK version to current levels JDK (Java SE 9.0.1).
Update your Selenium-Java Client version to current levels v3.8.1.
Update your InternetExplorerDriver version to current levels v3.8.0.0.
Execute your Test.

Facing issue with IE 11 on windows 10, browser is launched but does not enter URL

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