Unable to create new remote session

This can work out of the box without the desired capability settings. Go to internet options>>Security, click on:'Reset all zones to default level and after that, ensure that the 'Enable protected mode' checkbox is ticked for all the four zones.


First, check your default zoom level in Internet Explorer. If it's not 100% then do the following steps:

  • Open Internet Explorer.

  • Press Alt + X and then click on Internet Options.

  • Click on the Advanced tab.

  • Place a check mark on "Reset Zoom level for new Windows and tab"

  • Press Apply and ok.

  • Close and open Internet Explorer window and check if the Default Zoom is set to 100 %.

Once you have done with above steps, add following lines in your code:

DesiredCapabilities cap = new DesiredCapabilities();
cap.setCapability(InternetExplorerDriver.IE_ENSURE_CLEAN_SESSION, true);

Now run your program and it should work.

Hope it will help!!