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New Contributor

6 years ago

Running Testcomplete GUI test cases on locked local Windows machine

Hi, I am trying to run automated GUI test cases on my local windows machine. As soon as I lock my machine, the execution gets stuck and Testcomplete is unable to locate the objects. Is there ...

DWalsh
6 years ago
please review https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/running/on-locked-computers.html

DWalsh

Moderator

please review https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/running/on-locked-computers.html

tristaanogre

Esteemed Contributor

6 years ago

Consider this:

Can a human being click on a button or component on screen if the computer system is locked? The answer: no. TestComplete utilizes UI interaction to execute tests on the application under test. If the UI is not available, the tests cannot complete. You cannot lock your machine and have the automations run.

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