Exception (org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchWindowException): using Selenium WebDriver with Java in Internet Explorer

Question

While using IE for automation using Selenium Webdriver, I am able to open the URL but finding the element on that page is throwing the following exception:

org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchWindowException: Unable to find element on closed window (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)

I have tried the driver.switchTo.window() method but it's not working. I have searched it for hours and I am not getting anywhere.

Here's the code:

public static Selenium selenium;

public static void main(String args[]) {

    try {

        System.setProperty(
            "webdriver.ie.driver",
            "D:\\Driver\\IEDriverServer_Win32_2.32.3_latest\\IEDriverServer.exe");

        DesiredCapabilities capab = DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer();
        capab.setCapability(
            InternetExplorerDriver.INTRODUCE_FLAKINESS_BY_IGNORING_SECURITY_DOMAINS,
            true);

        WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver(capab);
        driver.get("http://www.google.com");
        driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='addlang']/a[1]")).click();

    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

Answer 1

Remove capability INTRODUCE_FLAKINESS_BY_IGNORING_SECURITY_DOMAINS and manually set your IE protected mode settings to be the same for all zones.

Source:

1. http://jimevansmusic.blogspot.com/2012/08/youre-doing-it-wrong-protected-mode-and.html

2. NoSuchElementException is occurred during implementation of InternetExplorerDriver in Selenium WebDriver

Answer 2

case "ie_driver":           

    //IE CODE
    DesiredCapabilities cap = new DesiredCapabilities();
    cap.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.INTRODUCE_FLAKINESS_BY_IGNORING_SECURITY_DOMAINS, true);
    cap.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.INITIAL_BROWSER_URL, "https://testvmm6.partnersonline.com/vmm");
    cap.internetExplorer().setCapability("ignoreProtectedModeSettings", true);

    System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", System.getProperty("user.dir")+"//exe//IEDriverServer1.exe");
    cap.setCapability("IE.binary", "C:/Program Files (x86)/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe");
    cap.setCapability(CapabilityType.ACCEPT_SSL_CERTS, true);
    cap.setJavascriptEnabled(true);
    cap.setCapability("requireWindowFocus", true);
    cap.setCapability("enablePersistentHover", false);

Answer 3

The issue that helped me was to set init page (IE 11 both 32 and 64)

 private WebDriver getIEDriver() {
    DesiredCapabilities cap = new DesiredCapabilities();
    cap.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.INITIAL_BROWSER_URL, INIT_PAGE);

    File file = new File("E:/drivers/IEDriverServer.exe");
    System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", file.getAbsolutePath());
    return new InternetExplorerDriver(cap);
 }