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Firefox launches in safe mode if the Shift key is presed #1706

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lukeis opened this issue Mar 2, 2016 · 5 comments
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Firefox launches in safe mode if the Shift key is presed #1706

lukeis opened this issue Mar 2, 2016 · 5 comments

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lukeis commented Mar 2, 2016

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 1706

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Run a selenium test using Firefox
2.Hold the Shift key while the Firefox launches 

What is the expected output?
The Firefox launches normally and selenium runs the test

What do you see instead?
Firefox tries to launch in safe mode
The Safe mode dialog is opened and it requires user input
The selenium waits for the Firefox window to open

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
OS: Windows XP or 7  and on Mac pressing the Option Key 
Selenium: selenium-server-standalone-2.0b3 
Environment: Python 

Reported by bebef.1987 on 2011-05-24 21:37:03

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lukeis commented Mar 2, 2016

I believe that this is expected behaviour for firefox. Assigning to AutomatedTester
to verify.

Reported by simon.m.stewart on 2011-05-31 14:56:57

  • Labels added: Browser-Firefox

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lukeis commented Mar 2, 2016

unfortunately we can no fix this as we pass this over to the OS to star the browser.

Reported by theautomatedtester on 2011-05-31 15:25:56

  • Status changed: WontFix

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lukeis commented Mar 2, 2016

This blog post may provide a way to fix this?

http://mike.kaply.com/2012/04/10/customizing-firefox-disabling-safe-mode

This issue bites me all the time since my current work environment forces me to run
selenium tests on the same workstation I'm trying to get work done on. If shift happens
to be held down at the time a firefox is starting up, insta-test-fail.

Reported by stuart.a.ballard on 2012-04-13 16:13:14

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lukeis commented Mar 2, 2016

I've no idea how selenium is installed, but can you disable Firefox dialogs like an
add-on?

http://mike.kaply.com/2012/04/10/customizing-firefox-disabling-safe-mode/

Reported by mkaply on 2012-04-13 16:13:28

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lukeis commented Mar 2, 2016

Reported by luke.semerau on 2015-09-17 18:12:48

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