Install & Run WinAppDriver

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This article will install and set up WinAppDriver in Windows 11.

1. Download WinAppDriver

Step 1: Go to this link , and look for the latest version

download windappdriver

Step 2: Click on Title of Latest version and scroll to the bottom on next screen. Download zip, tar.gz or msi file

winappdriver different files to download

Step 3: Open the file hit on next till you see it installing.

2. Enable Developer Mode

Step 1: Go to start. Type in developer settings and click on it.

Enable Developer Mode WinAppDriver

Step 2: Toggle on this developer mode.

3. Running the WinAppDriver.exe

Step 1: Go to the installed path and click on WinAppDriver.exe.

Running the WinAppDriver exe

You should see something like this, and this will be our crucial component that will be used for automating our tests. To operate it from selenium, it runs on a server by default like any other tool. By default, it’s http://127.0.0.1:4723.

And we are done installing and setting up WinAppDriver in our environment. The following steps should make WinAppDriver responsive when called upon.