How to run custom, non window app in kiosk mode in windows 10

powershell windows-10 kiosk kiosk-mode
learningpal picture learningpal · Apr 13, 2017 · Viewed 22.4k times · Source

I wanted to run some application at start in windows 10, which I did by putting them in startup folder. Now I want to run these apps in kiosk mode, so that user does not see what applications are running at back and he just sees internet browser with some website like google.com. I tried to set up a different local account under kiosk mode, but I am able to run it only with windows app, which are provided under Add an app. Could someone please suggest how to add custom apps in kiosk mode so that I can run my .exe files at back at start and screen shows the internet browser?

Answer

Frode F. picture Frode F. · Apr 13, 2017

If you have Windows 10 Enterprise or Education then you can try the Shell Launcher feature to run an exe-application as a shell replacement in kiosk mode.

See https://technet.microsoft.com/itpro/windows/configure/set-up-a-kiosk-for-windows-10-for-desktop-editions#shell-launcher

If not, modify HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell for the user with your script/application, while locking down the OS (ctrl+alt+delete behaviour etc.) with GPO.

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