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using python selenium IE11, python(jupyter notebook) finds compeletly different element of HTML

I am building a crawling code on a web page running only on IE11. My problem is that python selenium,selenium.webdriver.Ie, find completely different element of HTML element = driver....
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Python - How to get Selenium send_keys to work in IE11

I am building a web scraper to download PDF files from a public school database site, and the script itself works fine with Chrome, which is what I would prefer. However, the site will ONLY allow you ...
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Assistance with selenium send key python

I am new to python scripting and am not understanding why I am getting this error. For some reason, I cannot get it to send_keys to that element. ERROR: raise TimeoutException(message, screen, ...
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I cant get the element locator in Ie to work with Selenium

Can someone help with why I am getting this error? I am new to scripting but this has had me stuck for a few days now. (I have to use internet explorer). Thanks so much for all your help! ERROR: ...
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Failed to navigate to https://www.google.ca. This usually means that a call to the COM method IWebBrowser2::Navigate2() with Python Unittest Selenium

from selenium import webdriver import unittest from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC from selenium.webdriver....
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Download files automatically in Internet Explorer 11 with Python and Selenium

I am trying to download some Excels files throught multiple Internet Explorer 11 windows at the same time by using Python and Selenium. The problem appens when the "Save As" Pop Up appears and the ...
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Python action stucked when launching Selenium IE11 WebDriver or when executing JS

My apologies to bother all respectable professional here, I have been struggled in this issue few weeks and can't find any similar solution on others posts, I have done the correct settings in IE, ...
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"This is the initial start page for the WebDriver server" - Unable to resolve in Selenium/Python program using IE 11

After running my Selenium/Python program, browser opened with below message: This is the initial start page for the WebDriver server I have done below steps to resolve this: In IE Options -> ...
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Permission denied error given for IE webdriver

I am trying to run my automation scripts on ie11 but i am getting permission denied error for ie 11 webdriver from selenium import webdriver from webdriver_manager.microsoft import IEDriverManager ...
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Python using Selenium's WebDriver window_handles to switch between tabs - returning only parent window

I'm writing automation with Python (3.6.5) and Selenium (3.141.0). The webpage I'm visiting, opening a new tab, which I get to my driver.window_handles in Chrome and FF, but not in IE 11. I tried to ...
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Use IE webdriver using selenium in python, without setting Security Modes

Is there a way to use the IE webdriver using selenium in Python script, without having to set the protected modes for all the Zones in IE browser settings? Note: Scenario is that the organisation ...
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Save pdf opened in browser using Selenium

So I'm logging into a web-app owned by my company and running a request to generate a pdf, this is all being done in python using the Internet Explorer Driver. I can only use IE because the company ...
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Can't find element with Selenium even though I know the element exists

Okay, so I'm trying to find <span class="totalcount">171</span> on https://boston.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=food+stamps&sort=rel&search_distance=200&postal=01841 with ...
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Selenium 3.0.1 with IE11 not finding elements on Windows 10 (Works fine on Windows 7 with IE11)

OS: Windows 10 Browser: IE11 Selenium (Python) package: 3.0.1 IEWebDriverServer.exe: 3.1.0 We are getting ready to migrate our automation nodes to Windows 10 and during our tests, we found that ...
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Selenium Tests run very slow on Internet Explorer

I am writing automated tests for my app. Tests are running fine on google chrome. But when I run them on Internet Explorer 11, they run very slow. When I run them on chrome, one test case completes in ...
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