Kiosk Mode on Iot

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Kiosk Mode on Iot

Naveen Vuppala 21

I am trying to run a custom app on Kiosk Mode on Windows Iot, I am getting a black screen, but when I use a notepad as kiosk app, kiosk works fine,
I dont see anything in the event viewer.

Sander van de Velde 17,936 Reputation points MVP

2022-09-08T16:19:25.943+00:00

Hello @Naveen Vuppala ,

can you tell us more about the application?

Which programming language is used? What kind of application is it? Does it crash?

Which version of Windows IoT (Enterprise) are you using?
Naveen Vuppala 21 Reputation points

2022-09-13T15:50:51.98+00:00

Hi the application is inhouse developed Software in C++, it does not crash. Version using is Win 10 IoT Ent 2021 LTSC/X22-81260 Win 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021

Sander van de Velde 17,936 Reputation points MVP

2022-09-08T16:19:25.943+00:00

Hello @Naveen Vuppala ,

can you tell us more about the application?

Which programming language is used? What kind of application is it? Does it crash?

Which version of Windows IoT (Enterprise) are you using?
Naveen Vuppala 21 Reputation points

2022-09-13T15:50:51.98+00:00

Hi the application is inhouse developed Software in C++, it does not crash. Version using is Win 10 IoT Ent 2021 LTSC/X22-81260 Win 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021

Answer 1

Sean Liming 4,301 MVP

I would recommend using Shell Launcher V1 over Kiosk Mode. You can enable shell launcher either in an Answer file or via Control Panel->Programs and Features->Turn Windows features on or off (found under Device Lockdown) Microsoft provides a WMI API and a PowerShell script to configure Shell Launcher. I have some Shell Launcher Utilities based on these WMI API to make the set up easier.

Naveen Vuppala 21 Reputation points

2022-09-13T17:22:29.38+00:00

Hi Sean-Liming I still see my app in black screen, what can I check in my application that would solve this problem.
Sean Liming 4,301 Reputation points MVP

2022-09-14T19:26:17.903+00:00

If you are getting a black screen, double check the path to the application is set correctly for Shell Launcher. You want the full path to the application (.exe) file.

If you can hit CTRL+ALT+DEL and get to the SAS screen, you can signout and go into another account if you have one that launches Explorer shell and make the change.

Also make sure that you have all the support runtimes for the application in the image such as .NET or VC runtimes.

Answer 2

Sean Liming 4,301 MVP

Shell Launcher doesn't offer a log off mode. The options are: do nothing, restart shell, shutdown, or reboot. You would have to create your own mechanism to log off when the shell is closed.

Naveen Vuppala 21 Reputation points

2022-10-06T17:53:36.563+00:00

@Sean Liming Can you suggest other mechanism ?
Sean Liming 4,301 Reputation points MVP

2022-10-06T20:55:40.59+00:00

Create an application that will be the shell. This new shell is launched be Shell Launcher. Once launch the application launches your main application and then monitors if the application is not running. If not running log off the system. Or put a log off option in the main application when it shuts down.

Answer 3

Naveen Vuppala 21

@Sean Liming I want to logoff when application exits out if kiosk mode, I could not find any mode, can you let me know if this is a possibility. Regards
Naveen,

Answer 4

Hi @Naveen Vuppala ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!
Please read this document about Kiosk Mode: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/iot-enterprise/kiosk-mode/kiosk-mode
Hope this would give you some idea. Also, you'd better use Windows 10 IoT Enterprise.

Best regards,
Seeya

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