Hi,
The Auto-wait timeout you seeing in the Project > Playback options is for execution not in the idle time.
After changing the time out having tried to run the project and see whether TC waits for that mentioned time.
From Smartbear doc
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Auto-wait timeout, ms - Default: 10000. When a test acquires a reference to a process or window object, or when it activates an object (for example, opening a minimized window), the object may not be available immediately. Likewise, when a test commands a change in the onscreen state of a window (e.g. minimizing an open window), or when TestComplete attempts to close an unexpected window, the change may not occur instantaneously. Auto-wait timeout is the number of milliseconds allowed for the object to become available, or for the desired change to occur, before a timeout error message is posted to the test log. If the object becomes available or the desired change occurs within the delay allowed, the test proceeds immediately. If the timeout elapses, what happens after the error is posted is determined by the Stop on Error option.
Auto-wait timeout affects the following test methods that return references to new objects:
To change this option from your tests, use the Options.Run.Timeout
property.
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