Have you ever faced to a problem that your tests work well on Chrome or Firefox, but don't do anything on Internet Explorer after launching the browser? I have met this issue.
Even when my tests have no problems with IE8 but they do not interact with the browser which is upgraded one - IE11, no clicking, no entering anymore. And I got an exception.
These below maybe are one of the solutions:
1. Make sure the zoom is 100% (press Ctrl + 0)
2. Uncheck Enable Protected Mode , and set lowest security level too.
3. Add your address to trust sites.