Selenium - NoSuchWindowException in IE 11

Question

I am trying to automate a webpage using selenium in IE11. I have set the protected mode settings to same level and zoom level is 100%. While running the test it opens the website however gives the exception just after. Below is the code used.

   File file = new File("C:\\Users\\Desktop\\IEDriverServer.exe");
   System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", file.getAbsolutePath() );       
   DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer();
   capabilities.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.INTRODUCE_FLAKINESS_BY_IGNORING_SECURITY_DOMAINS,
   true); 
   WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver(capabilities);
   driver.get("http://www.google.com");

And the exception stacktrace

Started InternetExplorerDriver server (32-bit)
2.39.0.0
Listening on port 38122
Jul 11, 2014 1:50:02 PM org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector tryExecute
INFO: I/O exception (java.net.SocketException) caught when processing request: Software caused        connection abort: recv failed
Jul 11, 2014 1:50:02 PM org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector tryExecute
INFO: Retrying request
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchWindowException: Unable to find element on   closed window (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 18 milliseconds
Build info: version: '2.39.0', revision: 'ff23eac', time: '2013-12-16 16:12:12'
 System info: host: 'Neeraj', ip: '10.136.180.161', os.name: 'Windows 7',  s.arch: 'amd64',      os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.7.0_60'  Session ID: ab6edd65-8a66-41fa-be46-56fba7dbdfc9
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver
 Capabilities [{platform=WINDOWS, javascriptEnabled=true, elementScrollBehavior=0,                          ignoreZoomSetting=false,                                  enablePersistentHover=true, ie.ensureCleanSession=false, browserName=internet explorer, enableElementCacheCleanup=true,   unexpectedAlertBehaviour=dismiss, version=11, ie.usePerProcessProxy=false, cssSelectorsEnabled=true,   ignoreProtectedModeSettings=true, requireWindowFocus=false,  handlesAlerts=true, initialBrowserUrl=http://localhost:38122/, ie.forceCreateProcessApi=false, nativeEvents=true, browserAttachTimeout=0, ie.browserCommandLineSwitches=, takesScreenshot=true}]
      at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
      at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:193)
      at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:145)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:554)
 at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:307)
 at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementById(RemoteWebDriver.java:348)
 at org.openqa.selenium.By$ById.findElement(By.java:220)
 at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:299)
 at Test1.main(Test1.java:27)

Any suggestions on how to resolve this.

Answer 1

First of all, don't use

capabilities.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.INTRODUCE_FLAKINESS_BY_IGNORING_SECURITY_DOMAINS,true);

as you have already set Protected mode settings. For the issue you are seeing, it should be because of the missing registry settings that is added as a prerequisite for running tests in IE11:

https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/wiki/InternetExplorerDriver#required-configuration