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Posted by Andrew Gould on 04 November 2023
So you've followed our previous video on getting started with SeleniumBasic for VBA and your code still doesn't work! The error message telling you about an automation error isn't particularly helpful. This video quickly explains how to solve the problem by installing the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.
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From: | namita |
When: | 30 May 25 at 07:50 |
Hi Andrew, good day
I am thankful to you as in the past you have precisely answered on my teething problems.
Your help again solicited , which could unblock me
For past few weeks, i am getting same error. i.e. Runtime automation error.
I exactly followed your inputs on the above video. My .NET framework 3.5 was already enabled.
But as i was facing issues at starting Selenium webscraping, so i disabled and enabled it again. I faced no issues during disable and enable.
But still the same error of 'Runtime automation error.
Thanks a lot in advance boss
From: | Andrew G |
When: | 02 Jun 25 at 07:41 |
I'm not sure why that's happening. This link might help https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/answers/questions/2143924/win11-24h2-update-causing-selenium-vba-scripts-to
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