Unable to create new remote session
remotewebdriver, selenium-webdriver
Solution
This can work out of the box without the desired capability settings. Go to internet options>>Security, click on:'Reset all zones to default level and after that, ensure that the 'Enable protected mode' checkbox is ticked for all the four zones.
Problem
How to resolve this issue. Earlier my code was working, but IE settings were reseted by someone. Now I am getting this exception. ``` Started InternetExplorerDriver server (32-bit) 2.53.1.0 Listening on port 16183 Only local connections are allowed Oct 21, 2016 10:14:12 AM org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake createSession INFO: Attempting bi-dialect session, assuming Postel's Law holds true on the remote end Oct 21, 2016 10:14:12 AM org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake createSession INFO: Falling back to straight W3C remote end connection Oct 21, 2016 10:14:12 AM org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake createSession INFO: Falling back to original OSS JSON Wire Protocol. Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create new remote session. desired capabilities = Capabilities [{ensureCleanSession=true, browserName=internet explorer, version=, platform=WINDOWS}], required capabilities = null Build info: version: 'unknown', revision: '3169782', time: '2016-09-29 10:24:50 -0700' System info: host: 'BWT12654001', ip: '10.52.132.157', os.name: 'Windows Server 2008 R2', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_101' Driver info: driver.version: InternetExplorerDriver at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:80) at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:141) at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:82) at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:602) at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:242) at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:228) at org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver.run(InternetExplorerDriver.java:180) at org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver.<init>(InternetExplorerDriver.java:172) at org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver.<init>(InternetExplorerDriver.java:144) at mypackage.TestIEBrowser.main(TestIEBrowser.java:33) ```