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Failed to assume control of Browser.

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Posted on by dRautela_1234 71

Hi team, 

I am continuously facing an issue while opening a browser on PAD. 

Error- failed to assume the control of microsoft edge. Please anyone let me know how to handle this type of error with error handling or how to resolve this issue completely as I am not able to complete my task 

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    Mauritz 8 on at

    We somethimes have this problem i Chrome if we have one session open befor the PAD tries to start a new one. Try to close all instanses befor you run your process

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    dRautela_1234 71 on at

    Hi @Mauritz , 

    Thanks for the response, will try this. 

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