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Sahi cannot load IE8 and Firefox on Win 7

flyingcloudflyingcloud Members
edited November -1 in Sahi - Open Source
when i run sahi dashboard.bat on Windows 7, i find it just launch chrome browser, IE 8 and Firefox cannot be launched.
Messages from control, that is:
Firefox was not found at C:\ Program Files (x86) (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
IE 8 was not found at C:\ Program Files (x86) (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

I don't wanna re-intall Firefox and IE 8 under other path.
Any other suggestions much appreciated :)


Other info:
OS: Windows 7,
Browser: have IE 8, Firefox 7.0 and Chrome installed
Sahi: version35_20110719

Comments

  • SumitraSumitra Members
    Hi flyingcloud,

    Can you check the path of Firefox and IE8? Are you using 64 bit machine or 32 but machine.

    Also, use:

    C:\ Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

    C:\ Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

    Regards
    Sumitra
  • flyingcloudflyingcloud Members
    Another issue:
    In file $Sahi_Home\config\browser_types\win64.xml,
    <browserTypes>
    <browserType>
    <name>firefox</name>
    <displayName>Firefox</displayName>
    <icon>firefox.png</icon>
    <path>$ProgramFiles (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe</path>
    <options>-profile "$userDir/browser/ff/profiles/sahi$threadNo" -no-remote</options>
    <processName>firefox.exe</processName>
    <capacity>5</capacity>
    </browserType>


    the value of $ProgramFiles is "C:\Program Files", so the path of Firefox should be " C:\ Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe", but the path displays at control is " C:\ Program Files (x86) (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe". Maybe this is the reason why sahi cannot launch it...
  • flyingcloudflyingcloud Members
    Hi Sumitra,

    i am using 64-bit machine, and have Windows 7 installed on pc.

    For Firefox, the path is : C:\ Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

    For IE 8, the path is : C:\ Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe


    Regards,
    flyingcloud
  • SumitraSumitra Members
    Hi flyingcloud,

    Kindly navigate to C:\program files and check where the firefox.exe and iexplorer.exe is installed. Now take the path of this exe and mention this path in the browser_types.xml.

    Save and "Restart Sahi".

    Regards
    Sumitra
  • flyingcloudflyingcloud Members
    Thanks Sumitra.
    I just remove the string "(x86)", and it works now.
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