Having issues running IE9 locally - Chrome works fine

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When I try to run urlBlast.exe it opens IE9 and just sits there. I scanned the forums for various fixes but so far nothing works. Below are my ini file settings. I am not running DummyNet since it’s on a Win7 x64 machine so I can’t install DummyNet as a service.

Things I’ve tried:

  • set c:\webpagetest-agent\log folder to “everyone” user has full access.
  • run uriblast.ini in administrator mode
  • setup a different user account for uriblast to run under (this was causing other issues - “flushing cache” hung message)

[u]uriblast.ini[/u]
[Configuration]
debug=1
Startup Delay=30
Log File=c:\webpagetest-agent\log
Timeout=60
account=wpt
password=*********** (password removed for post)

; Where to get work from
Url Files Url=http://127.0.0.1/work/
Location=Test_IE
;Location Key=TestKey123

[u]locations.ini[/u]

[locations]
1=Test_loc
default=Test_loc

[Test_loc]
1=Test_IE
2=Test_Chrome
default=Test_IE
label=Test Location

[Test_IE]
browser=IE 9
;browserExe=pagetest.exe
latency=0
label=“Internet Explorer 9”
;key=TestKey123
localDir=c:\dev\webpagetest\www
connectivity=LAN

[Test_Chrome]
browser=Chrome
latency=0
label=“Chrome”
;key=TestKey123
localDir=c:\dev\webpagetest\www
connectivity=LAN

uriblast log file

2011/06/18 20:00:47 -1 7 1 0 0 URLBlast Started
2011/06/18 20:00:47 -1 7 1 4 0 CPU String Intel(R) Core™ i7 CPU Q 820 @ 1.73GHz
2011/06/18 20:00:47 -1 7 1 5 1729 CPU MHz
2011/06/18 20:00:47 -1 7 1 6 8123 Total RAM (MB)
2011/06/18 20:00:47 -1 7 1 7 476626 Disk Size (MB)
2011/06/18 20:00:47 -1 7 1 8 413285 Disk Free (MB)
2011/06/18 20:00:47 -1 7 1 9 6 OS Version Windows Vista (6.1.7600 SP 0.0 Suite 0x00000100 Product 1)
2011/06/18 20:00:47 -1 7 1 10 0 Computer Name ERMAND-LAL7
2011/06/18 20:00:47 -1 7 1 19 0 Info Screen: 1600 x 900 - 32 bpp
2011/06/18 20:00:47 -1 7 1 11 9 IE Version 9.0.8112.16421
2011/06/18 20:00:47 -1 7 1 12 280 URLBlast Version 2.2.0.280
2011/06/18 20:00:47 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Running cmd /C “C:\webpagetest-agent\dummynet\ipfw.cmd” in C:\webpagetest-agent\dummynet
2011/06/18 20:00:48 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Initializing WinPCap
2011/06/18 20:00:48 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Current WinPCap Version: WinPcap version 4.1.2 (packet.dll version 4.1.0.2001), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch 1_0_rel0b (20091008)
2011/06/18 20:00:48 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Initializing WinPCap Complete
2011/06/18 20:00:48 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Logging on user:wpt1, password:*************
2011/06/18 20:00:48 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Logon ok, loading user profile
2011/06/18 20:00:48 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Profile loaded, locating profile directory
2011/06/18 20:00:49 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug DoUserLogon successful for wpt1
2011/06/18 20:00:49 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Waiting for startup synchronization
2011/06/18 20:00:49 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Running…
2011/06/18 20:00:49 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Requesting work from 127.0.0.1/work/getwork.php?location=Test_IE&key=&pc=mypc
2011/06/18 20:00:49 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Job of type ‘text/plain’ received
2011/06/18 20:00:49 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Work request response was empty
2011/06/18 20:01:04 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Requesting work from 127.0.0.1/work/getwork.php?location=Test_IE&key=&pc=mypc
2011/06/18 20:01:04 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Job of type ‘text/plain’ received
2011/06/18 20:01:04 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Work request response was empty
2011/06/18 20:01:20 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Requesting work from 127.0.0.1/work/getwork.php?location=Test_IE&key=&pc=mypc
2011/06/18 20:01:20 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Job of type ‘text/plain’ received
2011/06/18 20:01:20 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Url to be tested: http://espn.go.com
2011/06/18 20:01:20 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Flushing DNS cache
2011/06/18 20:01:20 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug DnsFlushResolverCache returned 1
2011/06/18 20:01:20 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Executing ‘ipconfig.exe /flushdns’
2011/06/18 20:01:20 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Successfully ran ‘ipconfig.exe /flushdns’
2011/06/18 20:01:20 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Launching… user=‘wpt1’, path=‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe’, command line=‘“C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” about:blank’
2011/06/18 20:01:20 -1 7 1 3 0 Browser Launched Cleared Cache-Run_1^http://espn.go.com
2011/06/18 20:03:20 -1 7 1 15 0 Terminated Hung Browser Cleared Cache-Run_1^http://espn.go.com
2011/06/18 20:03:20 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Uploading 22 byte file C:\ProgramData\urlblast\110619_4J_A-1.zip
2011/06/18 20:03:20 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Flushing DNS cache
2011/06/18 20:03:20 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug DnsFlushResolverCache returned 1
2011/06/18 20:03:20 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Executing ‘ipconfig.exe /flushdns’
2011/06/18 20:03:20 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Successfully ran ‘ipconfig.exe /flushdns’
2011/06/18 20:03:20 -1 7 1 20 0 Debug Launching… user=‘wpt1’, path=‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe’, command line=‘“C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” about:blank’
2011/06/18 20:03:20 -1 7 1 3 0 Browser Launched Cleared Cache-Run_1^http://espn.go.com
2011/06/18 20:05:20 -1 7 1 15 0 Terminated Hung Browser Cleared Cache-Run_1^http://espn.go.com

BTW: Log file says user is wpt1??? Shouldn’t that be wpt based on the ini?

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The user account always adds a number to the end. This is an artifact of some old capabilities where it can actually run several tests concurrently and the user account is just a base name to build off of.

Try adding:

Use Current Account=1

to urlblast.ini. That will let you skip using a separate account and run the browser in the context of the same user that urlblast is running as.

If that doesn’t help, try uncommenting the browserExe=pagetest.exe from the locations.ini on the server. It’s possible that there is a conflict with another browser plugin and that will run IE inside of a custom browser process that doesn’t load any other plugins.

Thanks,

-Pat

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I had the same problem. Fixed by setting the user as an admin AND disabling UAC