Internet Explorer Driver
Internet Explorer driver allows you to automate Internet Explorer. IE browser can only run on old Windows operating system machines.
The browser cannot run on Linux and macOS machines. The driver will be available in only two formats:
- Windows 32-bit
- Windows 64-bit
Download IE Driver
Follow the below steps to download the IE driver. Open the web browser and launch the following URL:
Scroll down to the Internet Explorer Driver Server section.
Download the IEDriver Server zip file. On Windows 64-bit machine click on he 64 bit Windows IE download link.
This will download the IEDriverServer_x64_<version>.zip zip file. Extract the file contents.
The file IEDriverServer.exe is the driver file.
Copy this exe file to the Python automation project folder.
Important Note
Internet Explorer (IE) is a deprecated web browser. It was included in old Windows operating systems like Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, etc. Microsoft officially ended support for Internet Explorer and encourages users to switch to Microsoft Edge, its successor. Microsoft Edge is a modern, faster, and more secure browser.