On Screen Keyboard not working on Windows 10 Kiosk Mode(Assigned Access with EDGE) and on Custom Shell with Chrome

Question

We need to use onscreen keyboard on Windows 10 (latest) Kiosk Mode. It will be a web application/ website we launch in Edge browser. Once logged-in to Kiosk account , the onscreen keyboard does not pop up when required.
I tried to configure custom shell, where chrome browser is launched and it act as a kiosk mode. Even in this custom shell case the onscreen keyboard did not pop up.

I have tried solutions mentioned on MSDN forums , it did not work for me-

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/aba8e07c-7d44-42a9-a9eb-d7387a201899/on-screen-keyboard-not-working-in-custom-shell-windows-10-pro-1709-and-1803?forum=tabletandtouch

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/fae94e8c-4ad9-48bb-863e-d0792b118987/windows-10-1809-kiosk-mode-on-screen-keyboard-not-working?forum=win10itprogeneral

Answer 1

Adding the following two reg entries and restart computer.

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7\EnableDesktopModeAutoInvoke = 1

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\TabletMode = 1

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Answer 2

Hi @Teemo Tang , thanks for your answer, the below three registry settings together worked for me :

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7\EnableDesktopModeAutoInvoke = 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\TabletTip\1.7\DisableNewKeyboardExperience = 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\TabletMode = 1

It worked on Windows 10 Surface Pro Tablet and on Windows 10 Desktop with TouchScreen Monitor.

Answer 3

Hello dear,

I'm setting up my kiosk device but the keyboard is not shown in the kiosk mode.

Can you please provide more details how to fix it. Where should I add the above three registry settings ?

Answer 4

Hello,
On my side, I was able to solve the problem by going in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\TabletTip\1. and by creating the following keys (while deleting all the existing keys before in the directory)