tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895959.post5523176820600045370..comments2011-12-01T21:44:52.034ZComments on Simon Hart: OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException : Failed to sta...Simon Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08526568682625258690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895959.post-69024099105838659502011-12-01T21:44:52.034Z2011-12-01T21:44:52.034ZIt's annoying that Firefox defaults to upgradi...It's annoying that Firefox defaults to upgrading the application without the users say so. I'd expect it to at least at the user what they would like to do when they install the browser.<br /><br />I think if you installed the Selenium Firefox plugin, you do get notified that upgrading will break Selenium.<br /><br />I can only guess (without running something like TcpView) that the port Firefox listens on for Webdriver interaction has now changed to something that Selenium doesn't expect.<br /><br />SimonSimon Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08526568682625258690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895959.post-81349068363991269192011-12-01T15:48:57.036Z2011-12-01T15:48:57.036ZThanks for the steps Simon! This was about to dri...Thanks for the steps Simon! This was about to drive me crazy. On a related note, I've found that going to About->Help in Firefox will automagically download and install the latest version. So make sure to turn the update settings off first thing.jwill212http://jackssleazyhacks.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com