What is Microsoft Old Edge WebDriver server?

Microsoft Old Edge WebDriver server is server program that supports the WebDriver communication interface for you to remotely access and control older versions of Microsoft Edge Web browsers.

You can download and install Microsoft Old Edge WebDriver server as shown in this tutorial.

1. Go to Microsoft Edge Driver Website.

2. Click on "x64" under the Release 76 to start the download.

3. Save the download file to C:\fyicenter\edgedriver_win64.zip

4. Unzip the download file to C:\fyicenter\selenium\edgedriver folder.

5. Verify the Microsoft Edge Driver:

C:\fyicenter>\fyicenter\selenium\edgedriver\msedgedriver.exe --version
MSEdgeDriver 76.0.174.0 (45f54318347139c96e32bea3bb565293236ee401)

C:\fyicenter>\fyicenter\selenium\edgedriver\msedgedriver.exe -help
Usage: \fyicenter\selenium\edgedriver\msedgedriver.exe [OPTIONS]

Options
  --port=PORT         port to listen on
  --adb-port=PORT     adb server port
  --log-path=FILE     write server log to file instead of stderr, increases log level to INFO
  --log-level=LEVEL   set log level: ALL, DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, SEVERE, OFF
  --verbose           log verbosely (equivalent to --log-level=ALL)
  --silent            log nothing (equivalent to --log-level=OFF)
  --append-log        append log file instead of rewriting
  --replayable        (experimental) log verbosely and don't truncate 
                      long strings so that the log can be replayed.
  --version           print the version number and exit
  --url-base          base URL path prefix for commands, e.g. wd/url
  --whitelisted-ips   comma-separated whitelist of remote IP addresses 
                      which are allowed to connect to MSEdgeDriver

As you can see, Microsoft Old Edge WebDriver is installed correctly.

 

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