webdriver - Selenium throwing exception when a modal dialog is shown at start of ie instance -

i have automate scenario modal dialog opens after ie open i.e.

from selenium import webdriver driver=webdriver.ie() 

once this, ie instance opens , ie modal dialog opens on top of ie.

now selenium closes modal dialog , throws exception:

unexpected alert present, modal dialog present.

but have handle modal dialog.

is there way handle dialog , make sure selenium not throw exception , quit?

had same problem, selenium dismissing alert (as if cancel clicked), want confirm (as if ok clicked). me worked initialize driver initializing webdriver unexpectedalertbehavior option, per below

private static internetexploreroptions internetexploreroptions = new internetexploreroptions{ unexpectedalertbehavior = internetexplorerunexpectedalertbehavior.accept };  public static internetexplorerdriver driver = new internetexplorerdriver(seleniumlocator.getseleniumdriverpath(), internetexploreroptions);