How to run Selenium C# tests on Command Prompt?

Question

I have some C# tests, and I want to run these tests from Command Prompt.

How can I run these tests?

Please help me.

With what framework? MSTest? NUnit? Is it being run as a console app? A web app? A WinForms app? A WPF app? — Arran
– Arran, Commented Sep 9, 2013 at 13:44

workerbee · Accepted Answer · 2023-05-15 17:14:43Z

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If you are using Visual Studio 2012, then you will use vstest.console.exe to run the tests like Visual Studio, for example:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow\vstest.console.exe UnitTests.dll /logger:trx

The VSTest.Console.exe documentation is here.

Otherwise, you will use mstest on the command line if Visual Studio 2010:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\mstest.exe

The MSTest.exe documentation is here.

The same applies when running Selenium tests; there is nothing special about them as far as running from the command line is concerned.

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answered Sep 9, 2013 at 12:48

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I appreciate that note at the end about Selenium tests. I thought they were going to be far more difficult to set-up.