How to instantiate InternetExplorerDriver with Selenium WebDriver using C#

Question

new InternetExplorerDriver();

But I could see exception as below:

OpenQA.Selenium.DriverServiceNotFoundException was unhandled by u         


        

Answer 1

The .NET bindings don't scan the %PATH% environment variable for the executable.

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/webdriver/EvTyEPYchxE

Hence, it does not work to put IEDriverServer in the %PATH% for .NET.

Use the unofficial NuGet version with the IE-driver bundled (it is put in the Packages-dir and referenced from the test-project), or bundle it yourself with the project, and mark the exe as Copy if newer under preferences. Then add the relative path into the constructor of InternetExplorerDriver.