How to Kill IEDriver exe process running in background (Selenium webdriver)?

Question

I\'m using selenium webdriver(for Internet Explorer). What it does it basically opens a webpage in internet explorer and does form submitting.

How can I kill intern

Answer 1

Close browser:

try{
WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
.. write all the webdriver code here like driver.get, driver.findElement().click() etc. etc.
}
catch(Throwable webDriverException){
  if(webDriverException.getMessage().contains("org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Error communicating with the remote browser. It may have died"){
      // Kill IEDriverServer.exe process
      // Using WebDriver WindowUtils utility 
      WindowsUtils.killByName("IEDriverServer.exe");

      // Or using JavaRunTime
     Runtime.getRuntime().exec("taskkill /F /IM IEDriverServer.exe")
  }

}

See if this helps!!!