Questions tagged [kiosk]
Kiosk is a mode an application can enter to lock down the user's ability to interact with specific parts of the interface.
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Fullscreen chromium through dual/multiple displays
I have a LUBUNTU 16.04 system, and I've been trying to make chromium browser go fullscreen on a dual display setup without success. It just goes fullscreen on a single display.
It must also be done ...
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Switch any program to kiosk mode
Sometimes friends or even unknown people visit me and we are doing something on my computer. I often find myself in the situation when I want to leave the computer but I don't completely trust the ...
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Kiosk mode and auto login and single application mode in CentOS
We have a machine running CentOS 7, GDM, KDE 11 (installed from CentOS DVD)
We have been struggling a few days with this issue, tried to search for a solution but unfortunately most of the material'...
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how to leave from chrome pdf viewer page in kios mode
i'm using chrome kiosk mode.
When i open pdf it's open in chrome pdf viewer but i cant leave this page wihout keyboard. so user stucking on this page. how to fix this? maybe there is a way to make ...
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How to run a unity-built after Computer is turned on
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User turns on Computer and Unity-built runs automatically.
Upon system start and thereafter Unity start, User only sees the maximized gameview of unity. No windows Taskbar, steamVR window, nor ...
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How to disable select and copy contextmenu in Google Chrome kiosk mode?
I need to display an information website. The user should only be able to press buttons and use scrollbars through a touch screen.
The kiosk mode of Google Chrome fits this requirements pretty well.
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How to stop Windows from ever automatically logging off the current user?
I have several MS Surface Pro tablet PCs running Windows 10 Pro that are being used as time clocks. I do not want employees coming to work only to find that the time clock is sitting on a login screen....
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Run chromium-browser on Linux with fullscreen and application modes ON
Some time ago the Chromium-browser was supporting a so called "kiosk mode", which could start Chromium in fullscreen and removed unnecessary titlebar and some other UI components.
Right now it looks ...
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Chrome Kiosk-mode in OS X Lion allows top menu bar?
Using the information here, I was able to place Chrome into Kiosk mode on OSX Snow Leopard. However, in Lion it appears to work but if you move the mouse cursor to the top of the screen, the menu bar ...
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Locally disable navigation to external url's appearing in a website's UI (when running in kiosk mode)
I am displaying a multi-page website in an exhibition using firefox or chrome's kiosk mode with a live url. While most of the links in the website are in-domain, I do have some links pointing out. And ...
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Stop smart cards from caching in Edge/Chrome
When you get a certificate drop-down selection prompt in Edge or Chrome, how do you prevent it from showing certificates belonging to previous users?
Certificate issue:
Background - I'm in charge of ...
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How to start the Windows shell/desktop (explorer.exe) if the computer has been started with a custom "Winlogon" shell (different than explorer.exe)?
For a kiosk application, I need to not start the Windows desktop/start menu on boot, but rather, a custom application instead. I set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\...
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If Shell Launcher isn't available on Windows 10 Pro, why is there an option to activate it on "Turn Windows Features On or Off"?
I'm trying to set up a kiosk with a custom .exe as shell, and I'm aware that Shell Launcher is only available on Win10 Enterprise and Education, but even though I'm using a Pro version, I can still ...
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How to load an XML "Unattend answer file" into the current Windows 10 installation?
There are a few possible customization for Windows 10 Enterprise, such as Custom Logon.
This page explains indeed how to create such a file using DISM for a future Windows installation image, but how ...
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Remote desktop fails in kiosk mode
I have a Windows 8.1/10 system running in kiosk mode. By clicking on a button created for this purpose, a remote desktop connection must be made. What happens is that in kiosk mode this connection is ...
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firefox Kiosk with button to close it
is there a way to show a close button in firefox while in kiosk mode? firefox --kiosk
All I need is to show just an X to close firefox, no tabs, other controls etc.
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How can I disable ALL print preview windows in Microsoft Edge OR How can I use Chrome or Firefox as my default app in Windows 10 Pro Kiosk Mode?
On Windows 10 Pro, I want to run kiosk mode with Chrome or Firefox (as I have successfully been able to remove all print dialog boxes from these). However, I cannot choose either of these ...
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Two keyboards on the kiosk mode
I have a problem with appearing two keyboard when I use tablet in kiosk mode. I see black and gray keyboard (browser - edge). I don't really know why it's happening and I wanna turn off gray keyboard. ...
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Windows 10 KIOSK - immediate logout after login (multiscreen error)
I have problem with kiosk mode. After automatic login user is logged out after few milliseconds when KIOSK is configured and multiple monitors are connected. Removing monitors and restart results in ...
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How to exit from shell launcher in Windows 10?
On a Windows 10 enterprise machine I have configured shell launcher according to this technical article.
I only configured a custom shell for user1, who is not an admin; I didn't set a default shell ...
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Windows 10 Cannot remove kiosk mode: Error: Try your changes again
I have just setup kiosk mode (Assigned Access) on my Windows 10 Pro Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363. After playing around with it for a bit with the assigned app set to Clock I wanted to get rid of it ...
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How to start a web browser as a "shell"?
I would like to better run a media player on my Linux (Ubuntu 16.04), connected via HDMI to a TV.
Today I use Kodi:
it is started via a systemd service (ExecStart = /usr/bin/xinit /root/.xinitrc)
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Always allow access to webcam in Edge kiosk mode
I am using my Surface Pro with Windows 10 Pro as a display and digital signage for my customers.
I have set up the device with assigned access (according to this guide https://docs.microsoft.com/en-...
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Chrome kiosk: can auto updates and Safe Browsing downloads be disabled or blocked?
I are running Chrome in kiosk mode in custom linux environment, and have IoT devices that run on cellular. I am noticing that Chrome periodically downloads approximately 3MB of data an hour, updating ...
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Windows Kiosk mode no virtual keyboard after killing explorer.exe
I am having a problem when trying to use a Windows 10 tablet as a Kiosk and after I kill the explorer.exe the keyboard doesn't appear.
I am having a major problem here because killing explorer.exe is ...
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How to configure a listening-only NTP client?
I'm creating an advertisement display, based on RaspberryPi (no real time clock present) and piCore, which is busybox-based tinycorelinux. It will be behind a firewall, and even within its own network ...
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Windows 10 Kiosk Mode and msg.exe
We implemented Kiosk mode on a couple PCs and are now unable to send the PC a message using msg.exe. The msg.exe works when the PC is not in Kiosk mode.
This is what we did to implement Kiosk Mode:
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LaunchAgents: Launch App as root
I'm doing a kiosk app for osx. there was a previous version of this app working on OSX 10.8, but the computers got updated and now the app isn't working properly. i need to avoid user can kill the ...
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Don't require password on wakeup while explorer.exe is killed
I need to configure Windows 10 Kiosk Auto-login tablets that don't require a password when they go to sleep.
Right now, our tablets autologin on a local user, which kills explorer.exe at login and ...
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Windows 8.1 or 10 for TV display of statistics
We want to display real-time business statistics (from a Google Chrome webpage) on big screens at my company's office, using Windows 8.1 computers connected to plasma screens. These computers are ...
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Internet Explorer 11 in a terminal (kiosk) with low resolution
We are currently using Porteus Kiosk (Linux) on our terminals. The terminal boots and starts with Firefox open on the default page (our client’s web address). Now we are considering switching to ...
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Address bar should be disabled in Kiosk mode for Metro IE
I want to use Metro IE in Kiosk mode, but restricting the user's ability to navigate to other URLs. The address bar should be disabled completely. How can I achieve this?
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Disabling touch gestures in Windows 8.1
I'm setting a Windows 8.1 computer with a touchscreen for a web-based betting terminal, but I'm having some problems with the gestures. Basically I'd like to disable touch gestures such as pinch-to-...
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Present a form to user on Windows login
I have a public computer lab where users must give a few short details about themselves such as their age and objective before they use the computers. Currently this information is gathered by a lab ...
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Multiple Monitors with Multiple Kiosks. How to run powerpoint on one and IE on the others
I have a setup with 4 monitors that all need to be running in kiosk mode.
3 of the monitors will be running IE and the fourth needs to be running a powerpoint presentation.
IE is easy - I've got a way ...
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Making Windows 7 On-Screen Keyboard popup more noticeable?
We are trying to deploy a self contained touch screen kiosk running Windows 7 and through much headache and hours of tweaking were able to lock it down rather well. The only remaining issue we are ...
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Disable button in a third party application?
Im currently have a linux "kiosk" machine containing a closed-source third party application.
The problem is that the third party application has a settings button, that I dont want the users to be ...
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Connect to WIFI from Chrome while in kiosk mode
I have a small setup, where a windows tablet starts up and automatically loads a webpage in Chrome, in kiosk mode. But the webpage requires WIFI to work (Ethernet cable is not an option), is there ...
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How can I prevent users from opening the same app multiple times in Windows 10 Assigned Access
I configured a multi-app kiosk for some of my users using Assigned Access on Windows 10 .
It works great but I'm struggling to prevent them from opening multiple instances of the same program.
I've ...
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How to auto-refresh Chrome in kiosk mode
I've a computer (windows 10) with a link in the startup directory to launch a web page with Chrome in kiosk mode.
It opens correctly but displays a blank page, until I press F5, at which point the ...
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Disabling the Keyboard settings button on the Virtual keyboard - Windows 10 LTSC
I have a touchscreen PC (kiosk) running Windows 10 LTSC. It's gonna run without a physical keyboard in production, so I've set it up to show a virtual keyboard using the following setting:
The ...
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Windows 10 LTSC - disabling swipe gestures in Edge browser in Kiosk mode
I have a PC with a kiosk form factor - tall and narrow with a touchscreen. I've installed Windows 10 LTSC, as this was deemed suitable for a kiosk application.
I've set up a Kiosk mode with a single ...
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Using multiple secondary displays as a separated chrome/edge kiosk
Using a computer with several secondary small screens,
Is there a way to enable Chrome\Edge Kiosk mode for a specific URL,
Each display (except the main one) has a separate profile and full-screen ...
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Move files from local to network drive without stealing away focus on production computer
I am looking to move files from local computer to network drive as repeated task once every 24 hours. I have tried couple of things but they all end up stealing away focus on the application as the ...
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Robocopy with Task scheduler in invisible mode for KIOSK mode or alternative
Computer Setup: Computer in KIOSK mode through Shelllauncher on Windows 10 LTSC.
Problem trying to solve: I am looking to move local files on network drive.
Solution I found which have some gaps: ...
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Hide & disable Windows 10 taskbar at all
I need to launch Windows but with taskbar hidden at all, not just the auto-hide option but totally hidden, without the possibility to show it with the mouse. It needs to be the default behavior at the ...
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Issues communicating PoKeys57CNC and Mach4 running on Windows 11 Home PC in Custom Shel Kiosk Mode
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I am using a Windows 11 Home PC to control a plasma cutting machine. The windows 11 machine uses Mach4 as the interface for controlling the plasma cutter and a PoKeys57CNC ...
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Different Shells for Different Users and disable desktop for specific user
On Windows 10 LTSC.
Here is some backgrounds.
I have a system consists of several applications, they are launched with a batch file when system starts up. The Windows where the system runs on should ...
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Windows Kiosk mode: open 'Desktop'
With Windows 11 Kiosk mode with Edge, the user can't upload files, with an error:
Can't open this location
We can't open 'Desktop'. To help keep your data safe, the location is blocked.
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Windows Kiosk mode - Allow cookies in MS Edge?
I enabled on "interactive display" machine with Windows 10 Pro the Kiosk mode with MS Edge running an web application. I also set that the app should restart every 5 minutes of inactivity.
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