Make ivisible eShell(kiosk) window on startup

Question

Hello everyone, can't find any kind of solution, i want my batch file to start on eShell minimized or even better hidden. Here is my code at this moment:

$ShellLauncherClass = [wmiclass]"\localhost\root\standardcimv2\embedded:WESL_UserSetting"
$ShellLauncherClass.SetDefaultShell("D:\uvs\WinPOS\run.bat", 0)
$ShellLauncherClass.SetEnabled($TRUE)

Answer 1

Hi，

I tested the script and it worked as expected. However, you have to check if the Shell Launcher is enabled.

function Check-ShellLauncherLicenseEnabled  
{  
    [string]$source = @"  
using System;  
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;  
  
static class CheckShellLauncherLicense  
{  
    const int S_OK = 0;  
    public static bool IsShellLauncherLicenseEnabled()  
    {  
        int enabled = 0;  
        if (NativeMethods.SLGetWindowsInformationDWORD("EmbeddedFeature-ShellLauncher-Enabled", out enabled) != S_OK) {  
            enabled = 0;  
        }          
        return (enabled != 0);  
    }  
    static class NativeMethods  
    {  
        [DllImport("Slc.dll")]  
        internal static extern int SLGetWindowsInformationDWORD([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]string valueName, out int value);  
    }  
}  
"@  
    $type = Add-Type -TypeDefinition $source -PassThru  
    return $type[0]::IsShellLauncherLicenseEnabled()  
}  
Check-ShellLauncherLicenseEnabled  

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/kiosk-shelllauncher#configure-a-custom-shell-using-powershell
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/222100/how-to-activate-shell-launcher.html

Best Regards,
Ian Xue

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