The Easiest Way to Use Kiosk Mode in Windows 10

For any app in the Universal Windows Store

Previously, I had written about how you can use Assigned Access to put Windows 8.1 into kiosk mode, which basically only allows one app to be run on the system and that’s it. It’s great for any public computer that you want to have a high degree of control over.

With Windows 10, the procedure has changed quite a bit and this article will show you how to do the same thing, just with the new steps. Basically, you create a new local user account on your Windows 10 machine and set which app you want the user to be able to run. The apps can only be Universal Windows Store apps, which is a bit limiting. There is a way to add more than one app and to use traditional Windows apps (EXE programs), but you have to use the far more advanced and complicatedWindows Configuration Designer.

Configure Kiosk Mode in Windows 10

The easy way is to click onStart, thenSettings, thenAccountsand thenFamily & other people.

At the bottom, you’ll see a section calledOther peopleand a link toSet up assigned access. If you don’t already have a second account setup on your machine, you’ll need to click theAdd someone else to this PClink.

If your current account is using a Microsoft account, it’ll try to push you to setup another Microsoft account, which won’t work for the assigned access. Instead, click on the link that saysI don’t have this person’s sign-in information.

It’ll try to get you to create a new Microsoft account, but again, we don’t want to do that. Instead, click onAdd a user without a Microsoft accountat the bottom.

Give the kiosk account a name and a password. You’ll also have to type in a password hint.

Now click on the Set up assigned access link and click onChoose an account. Pick the account that you just created and then click onChoose an app.

That’s pretty much it. Restart the computer and sign into the new account. The user will only be able to view that one app is full screen mode and nothing else. The only way they can even exit is to press CTRL + ALT + DELETE, which will take them to the login page. Here they will be able to see the other user accounts, so make sure those are all secured.

The app list is missing Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer, so that’s a bit frustrating. You would think they would allow at least Edge since it’s a Microsoft product. As I mentioned above, if you want to be able to choose your own custom program and more than one program, you’ll have to use the Windows Configuration Designer, which is more complicated, but definitely doable. If you have questions, post a comment. Enjoy!

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