November 2, 2006

Internet Explorer Kiosk Mode

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Richard Lee @ 3:10 pm

I was skimming one of my Google Groups today and I came across a user asking how to launch a page in fullscreen for his kiosk application. Lots of contributors were talking about creating links to launch chromeless windows, fair enough for a website but not a kiosk application :) Internet Explorer 6 actually has an inbuilt kiosk mode. Just pass -k to the command line and IE opens fullscreen booya!.

Typically this is done through a shortcut:

1. Right-Click Desktop

2. New Shortcut

3. Enter this as the location:

“C:Program FilesInternet Exploreriexplore.exe” -k

4. Enter a name:

“Launch Kiosk”

5. Finish

Just remember to Alt-F4 to close the window ;)

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  1. Also an important note -
    You will want to specify the URL to load in the Kiosk (if not the homepage?), eg.
    Hit Start -> Run
    Type: iexplore -k http://www.melbournechapter.net/

    You should be able to apply this same principle to your Icon.

    Comment by Cameron Manderson — November 6, 2006 @ 7:14 pm

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