Q. How do I detect if Internet Explorer is already running inside a watir script?

A. Use %x{} to run a sub process that calls tasklist.exe …
Example watir:

if %x[tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq IEXPLORE.EXE" /NH] =~ /IEXPLORE/ then
  puts "browser IS running"
else
  puts "no browsers running"
end
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