Launch Browser in Incognito/Private Mode

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Originally published by gmathai on October 28, 2021 in the previous SmartBear Community.

Question

Thought of sharing the code in the community for launching browsers in their incognito modes. The function is parameterized such a way to run for the browsers Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome and Firefox.

Hope it will be useful for more people.

Answer

//JScript
function runIncognitoMode(browserName){
  //var browserName = "firefox" //iexplore,edge,chrome,firefox
  if (Sys.WaitBrowser(browserName).Exists){
    var browser = Sys.Browser(browserName);
    Log.Enabled = false // To disable the warning that might occur during closing of the browser
    browser.Close();
    Log.Enabled = true // enabling the logs back
  }
  if(browserName=="edge"){
    Browsers.Item(btEdge).RunOptions = "-inprivate"
    Delay(3000)
    Browsers.Item(btEdge).Run();
  }
  else if (browserName=="iexplore"){
    Browsers.Item(btIExplorer).RunOptions = "-private"
    Delay(3000)
    Browsers.Item(btIExplorer).Run();
  }
  else if (browserName=="chrome"){
    Browsers.Item(btChrome).RunOptions = "-incognito"
    Delay(3000)
    Browsers.Item(btChrome).Run();
  }
  else if (browserName=="firefox"){
    Browsers.Item(btFirefox).RunOptions = "-private"
    Delay(3000)
    Browsers.Item(btFirefox).Run();
  }
  Sys.Browser(browserName).BrowserWindow(0).Maximize()
}
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