WinAppDriver.exe is not opening after installing it

Hey

I have an issue that when trying to open WinAppDriver.exe, a console appears to be opening then nothing is displayed.

When I try running the calculator test after running appium in command line, the following error is displayed:

C:/Ruby23/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/selenium-webdriver-3.3.0/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/common.rb:90:in `create_response’: unexpected response, code=404, content-type=“text/plain” (Selenium::WebDriver::Error::WebDriverError) The URL ‘/session’ did not map to a valid resource

My configurations are as follows:

def caps
    {
        platformName: "Windows", deviceName: "WindowsPC", app: "Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App"
    }
end

def setup
    $CalculatorSession = Selenium::WebDriver.for(:remote, :url => "http://127.0.0.1:4723/", :desired_capabilities => caps)
end

My PC is running on Windows 10 Enterprise and I enabled the Developer Mode.

Is there something I am missing here?!

Thanks!

[yodurr]

I can’t think of why WinAppDriver would get closed because of how you opened it.
What if you right click the .exe and select Run As Administrator. Does that make a difference?

[khouzam]

@Aya-Akl

Can you open a command-prompt and run WinAppDriver manually, this will at least show what the error message is without having the window close on you.