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I am using Selenium to do some key clicking to choose a specific VPN from the VeePn Extension for Chrome. Everything works fine when I run the Python script manually, because it opens up the browser. But when I try to runt he same script through the Windows task scheduler, because it does not open the browser, it appears the key clicks are not being recognised, which I presume is because it is a headless browser?

So my question is, is there anyway to force the browser to open when the script is activated through task scheduler? Or is there a better solution to enabling and selecting a specific VPN from the extension?

Currently I have programmed in the screen co-ordinates of where I want to click the mouse, after maximising the browser window. Yes I realise not the best solution .

Thanks

I tried opening the Chrome browser independently and in a non headless mode, plus checked the search engines, but they all refer to the navigating a web page, opposed to controls on the web browser Have checked that I have the latest chrome-driver installed

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  • By Task Manager, do you mean Task Scheduler? Commented Mar 5, 2024 at 13:49
  • Yes, and I have updated my question to show that now, sorry about that Commented Mar 5, 2024 at 15:34
  • Have you tried to use pyautogui? Commented Mar 5, 2024 at 15:52
  • I have not, but I will investigate that, thank you for the suggestion Commented Mar 6, 2024 at 14:41
  • You can look at this as a reference Commented Mar 7, 2024 at 4:07
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