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title: How to Setup IE and Edge for automation?
description: "Some settings need to done on browser before automation. Mainly for IE, Edge and Safari browser. Chrome and Firefox don't need any settings for automation. ### **Setup For IE** - Launch IE browser - Click on the *Settings*icon - Click…"
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updated: "2021-03-18"
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# How to Setup IE and Edge for automation?

Some settings need to done on browser before automation. Mainly for IE, Edge and Safari browser. Chrome and Firefox don't need any settings for automation.

### **Setup For IE**

- Launch IE browser
- Click on the *Settings*icon
- Click on *Internet Options*
- Select the *Security*Tab
- For each zone (Internet, Local Internet, Trusted Sites & Restricted sites), change the security level to minimum and uncheck the “*Enable Protected Mode*” checkbox.
  If you do not have the option to minimize the security level for the Restricted sites zone, just uncheck the “*Enable Protected Mode*” checkbox.
- Click on *Apply*
- Click on *Ok*

  The browser zoom level should be set to 100%

### **Setup For EDGE**

- Go to system *Settings*
- Select *Apps*
- Select *App & Features*
- Click on *Optional features*
  *You should see Microsoft WebDriver in the list of optional features, select Microsoft WebDriver and click on Install.*

Or the following command also works same for Edge.
Run this command with Administrator mode - **DISM.exe /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Microsoft.WebDriver~~~~0.0.1.0**

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