Winappdriver: Failed to initialize: 0x80004005

[Blank517]

When I try to run WinAppDriver.exe I get this message:

Windows Application Driver listening for requests at: http://127.0.0.1:4723/

Error adding url to url group

Failed to initialize: 0x80004005

How can I fix this error?

[hassanuz]

Hi @Blank517,

What version of WinAppDriver are you running? Do you have any anti-virus / firewall etc. running in the background?

I would also recommend taking a look at this post to see if your issue is similar.

[maikelgithub]

This happens to me when WAD is already running.

[cbjl23]

I had the same problem - for me the fix was to reference localhost instead:

winappdriver localhost 4723

[zhonli]

maybe the ip address is changed