Installing Selenium Server

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Setup
Download and install Java for your platform
Download selenium server’s latest version from
Place the downloaded .jar file to a folder of your choice, commonly C:\selenium
Create a batch file to run the server and add file to start up
To run server use java –jar selenium-server-standalone-2.25.0.jar

to create the batch file:
1) open notepad or any text-editor of your choice;
2) write the following in the file (supposing the .jar file is in C:\selenium folder):
cd C:\selenium
java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.12.0.jar
pause
3) save the file as (for example): selenium.bat
4) drag the file selenium.bat to startup
5) now any time you need to launch the server just click selenium.bat in the startup menu!