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DJ Howarth
DJ Howarth

Reputation: 582

Selenium 2.53.6 not working in Firefox 48.0.2

selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Can't load the profile. Profile Dir: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp\2\tmpc2_p3ubt If you specified a log_file in the FirefoxBinary constructor, check it for details.

When I try to run my Python script, Firefox is timing out. Does anyone have any suggestions on which versions i need to match?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 381

Answers (2)

thebadguy
thebadguy

Reputation: 2140

Uninstall current firefox version than Download Firefox from this link https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/46.0.1/win64-EME-free/en-GB/Firefox%20Setup%2046.0.1.exe and then try again

Note : you have to uncheck automatic upgrade of firefox after install of 46 using below setps:

  1. Goto Options

  2. Goto advance

  3. Under Firefox updates: Never check for updates (not recommended: security risk)

    If you want to run on firefox >= 48 then you need to upgrade to selenium 3beta. https://seleniumhq.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/announcing-selenium-3-0-beta1/

Upvotes: 1

saurabh baid
saurabh baid

Reputation: 1877

It wont and its a known issue, Refer thread here https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/2559

Can't fix.

In Firefox 48, Mozilla requires extensions to be signed. They have refused to sign Selenium's Firefox driver extension (webdriver.xpi). Feel free to contact them and/or log an issue for them at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org

The way forward now is to use GeckoDriver. Which is now the default implementation used in 3.0-beta

This issue has been known as a long time coming, I highly recommend pinning your automation to use Firefox 45 ESR until a release of using GeckoDriver/marionette is stable enough for your tests.

Gecko Driver is a way forward.

Upvotes: 0

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