Not able to launch IE from selenium Webdriver [duplicate] - selenium

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"OsProcess checkForError : CreateProcess error=193, %1 is not a valid Win32 application" while starting Internet Explorer through Java and Selenium
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I am getting this error when I try to launch IE from selenium code.
Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unexpected error launching Internet Explorer. IELaunchURL() returned HRESULT 800700C1 ('%1 is not a valid Win32 application.') for URL 'http://localhost:4593/'
code
public class Simple {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", "./UpdateSyncRate/Library/drivers/IEDriverServer.exe");
WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
driver.manage().deleteAllCookies();
driver.get(URL);
driver.manage().window().maximize();
}
}

Answer 1

%1 not a valid win32 application makes me think there's a problem with your exe. Potential the wrong one or the wrong version?
Have a look at WebDriverManager.
Instead of downloading and mapping drivers manually, it can do it at runtime for you:
WebDriverManager.iedriver().setup();
WebDriver driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
There's more options you can do. Have a look at their docs.