Coded UI test takes 2-3 minutes to pass

Question

So I am working with Coded UI to run some automated tests and one of the tests takes an extremely long time to complete.

I used breakpoints and found that after End Get

Answer 1

Coded UI does searches for precisely what is given in the search and filter properties, that operates quite fast. However, if that search fails then Coded UI does a smart match trying to find something similar and that can take a long time. It is necessary because titles etc can change a little from run to run. Changing the tests to avoid needing a smart match can dramatically improve the search speed. The general approach is to modify the search from equality to contains and to remove the part of the string that changes. A Microsoft blog explains in more detail, see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dave_froslie/archive/2012/08/10/why-do-my-coded-ui-tests-pause-during-playback.aspx