CodedUI tests - start a browser once for the entire set of tests

Question

I\'m writing some codedUI tests in VS2010 to test a web application. I\'d like to be able to open the browser once for the entire set of tests in the solution a

Answer 1

If using ClassInitialize, you need to initialize the playback engine with Playback.Initialize()

  [ClassInitialize]
  public static void LaunchBroswer(TestContext context)
  {         
     Playback.Initialize(); 
     BrowserWindow browser = BrowserWindow.Launch(new System.Uri("about:blank"));
  }