Not possible to run CodedUI tests on Windows 7 embedded

Question

Hi all,
I am trying to get my CodedUI tests running on the target machine with Windows 7 Embedded.
For that, I installed on the target machine:
Visual Studio 2010 Test Agent
VS2010 SP1
Next I try to run the CodedUI test from the command line using mstest.exe (since no Visual Studio may be installed on target
machine). However, before even executing the first line of code in my test, mstest fails after showing a popup window with following message:
"the ordinal 459 could not be located in the dynamic link library urlmon.dll"
When looking in the detailed logs of QTAgent32.exe I see a 'System.BadImageFormatException' thrown by the PluginManager of CodedUI when trying to
start an Internet Explorer plugin. See detailed stacktrace below this message.
This might be caused by the fact that this Windows Embedded installation does not contain Internet Explorer (for security reasons). The CodedUI test
and application under test however do not need Internet Explorer at all, the application is a WPF application. 
So, my questions:
- Does anyone know how to get rid of this error without installing Internet Explorer? 
- Any ways to prevent MsTest.exe to start the IE extension for a CodedUI test?
Some things I tried already but did not bring success:
- Run a completely empty CodedUI test; it triggers the same error.
- Remove IE extensions from C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTT\10.0
- Remove unneeded things (datacollectors) from MsTestSettings file.
Any help/ideas appreciated!
Jan Lavrijsen
Complete stack trace: 
Agent: adapter run thread for test 'CutPowerDuringImport' with id 'b7c688eb-89ac-4654-b638-a5699f579871'           
»DebugInfo     
»Trace  »FirstChanceException           
»FirstChanceException 'Microsoft' causing 'System.BadImageFormatException' - Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {25336920-03F9-11CF-8FD0-00AA00686F13} failed due to the following error: 800700b6 The operating system
cannot run . (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700B6).           
»[CausedBy=Microsoft],[FirstChanceException=System.BadImageFormatException],[Count=1]      
»CallStack:     at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension.IE.IETestPlugin.StartSession(System.Boolean recordingSession) [IL: 0x19][Native: 0x4B]
    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Framework.UITestPluginManager.StartSession(System.Boolean recordingSession) [IL: 0x2B][Native: 0x95]
    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Framework.UITestService.StartSession(System.Boolean recordingSession) [IL: 0x34][Native: 0xA9]
    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.Playback.StartSession() [IL: 0x37][Native: 0x6C]
    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.Playback.Initialize() [IL: 0xB5][Native: 0x163]
    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.CodedUITestExtensionExecution.BeforeTestInitialize(System.Object sender,Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.BeforeTestInitializeEventArgs e) [IL: 0x3C][Native: 0x76]
    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestExecution.RaiseBeforeTestInitialize(Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.BeforeTestInitializeEventArgs args) [IL: 0x15][Native: 0x17]
    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestExecuter.RunInitializeMethod() [IL: 0x3E][Native: 0x96]
    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestExecuter.ExecuteTest() [IL: 0x8D][Native: 0x113]
    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestExecuter.Execute(Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestResult result) [IL: 0x46][Native: 0xD1]
    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestRunner.ExecuteSingleTest(Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestExecuter executer,Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestElement test,Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.Execution.ITestContext
testContext,Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestAdapterContext userContext,System.Boolean isLoadTest) [IL: 0x27][Native: 0x55]
    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestRunner.Run(Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.TestTypes.Unit.UnitTestElement test,Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.Execution.ITestContext testContext,System.Boolean isLoadTest,System.Boolean
useMultipleCpus) [IL: 0x109][Native: 0x32B]

Answer 1

Hi Jan,
Thanks for your response:)
I think it is a good feedback for this issue, but as far I know, it is by design now, we need to use the IE extension for test projects. My understanding is that it would find the accordant UI Test Controls with your app UI controls, so it would search all
test controls include the IE controls, and then use one real UITestControl to instantiate an object which is equal to the real UI control, so we could playback the recorded action.
WinButton uICloseButton = this.UISnippingToolWindow.UISnippingToolTitleBar.UICloseButton;
But I think you can submit this feedback to Microsoft Connect feedback portal:
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/CreateFeedback.aspx,maybe
Microsoft engineers will share us a more plausible explanation.
Thanks for your understanding.
Best Regards,
Jack
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