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Key: SRC-229
Type: Bug Bug
Status: Open Open
Priority: Major Major
Assignee: Unassigned
Reporter: ross
Votes: 0
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Selenium Remote Control

Can't launch IE on Windows Vista, Access is denied

Created: 08/Feb/07 11:46 AM   Updated: 12/Aug/08 05:35 PM
Component/s: Launcher - Internet Explorer
Affects Version/s: 0.9.0
Fix Version/s: None

Original Estimate: Unknown Remaining Estimate: Unknown Time Spent: Unknown
Environment: Windows Vista Ultimate


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I receive a access denied from the server on every request made to it. Here is the exception I am getting from the server.

---> Requesting http://localhost:4444/selenium-server/driver?cmd=getNewBrowserSe
ssion&1=*iexplore&2=http://www.yahoo.com
GET: cmd=getNewBrowserSession&1=*iexplore&2=http://www.yahoo.com
Modifying registry settings...
Feb 7, 2007 10:21:34 AM org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection exception
WARNING: GET /selenium-server/driver/?cmd=getNewBrowserSession&1=*iexplore&2=htt
p://www.yahoo.com HTTP/1.1
org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.WindowsUtils$WindowsRegistryExceptio
n: Problem while managaging the registry, OS Version '6.0', regVersion1 = false
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.WindowsUtils.writeIntRegi
stryValue(WindowsUtils.java:551)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.WindowsUtils.writeBoolean
RegistryValue(WindowsUtils.java:556)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.InternetExplorerCustomPro
xyLauncher.changeRegistrySettings(InternetExplorerCustomProxyLauncher.java:195)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.InternetExplorerCustomPro
xyLauncher.launch(InternetExplorerCustomProxyLauncher.java:157)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.AbstractBrowserLauncher.l
aunchRemoteSession(AbstractBrowserLauncher.java:24)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.getNewBrowse
rSession(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:470)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.doCommand(Se
leniumDriverResourceHandler.java:316)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.handleComman
dRequest(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:296)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.handle(Selen
iumDriverResourceHandler.java:129)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1530)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1482)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpServer.service(HttpServer.java:909)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.service(HttpConnection.java:816)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:982)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:833)
        at org.mortbay.http.SocketListener.handleConnection(SocketListener.java:
244)
        at org.mortbay.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:357)
        at org.mortbay.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:534)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: exec return code 1: ERROR: Access is deni
ed.
 
at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.WindowsUtils$WindowsRegis
tryException.<init>(WindowsUtils.java:643)
        ... 18 more
Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://localhost:4444/selenium-
server/driver/?cmd=getNewBrowserSession&1=*iexplore&2=http://www.yahoo.com


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Dan Fabulich - 04/Jul/07 01:10 AM
It looks like on Windows Vista we're having some trouble executing the "reg.exe" tool. Can you run reg.exe on your machine from the command line? Do you see the same "Access Denied" error?