Unable to launch IE in private mode using selenium web driver in C#

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Tried with SetCapabilties using desired capabilities to open the IEdriverserver in Private mode

Also used internetserverOptions but could not find the resolution

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Unable to Launch IE in Private Mode using Selenium Web driver in c#

Tried with SetCapabilties using desired capabilities to open the IEdriverserver in Private mode 


Also used internetserverOptions but could not find the resolution

Posted 19-Jul-17 21:07pm

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Updated 22-May-19 13:23pm

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Satya Prakash Swain · Answer 1 · 2017-07-19T22:07:00

Java code for this should look like this
public void openBrowserInPrivacyMode(boolean isBrowserActive) {
System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", "path/to/IEDriverServer_x32.exe");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.internetExplorer();
capabilities.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.FORCE_CREATE_PROCESS, true);
сapabilities.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.IE_SWITCHES, "-private");
InternetExplorerDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver(capabilities);

Hope it helps.

developer63 · Answer 2 · 2019-05-22T13:24:00

I got this to work using the ForceCreateProcessApi setting, set to true, and adding the "-private" option to the browser command line arguments.
I also had to change the registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\TabProcGrowth
TabProcGrowth is a value under Internet Explorer\Main, not a key. I created a DWord value for TabProcGrowth under Internet Explorer\Main, and set the value to 0.

FYI, the ForceCreateProcessApi is viewed as an unsupported approach.

C#

InternetExplorerOptions ieOptions = new InternetExplorerOptions();
ieOptions.ForceCreateProcessApi = true;
ieOptions.BrowserCommandLineArguments.Insert(0,"-private");
_driver = new InternetExplorerDriver($"{Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()}", ieOptions);

Unable to launch IE in private mode using selenium web driver in C#

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