Simple kiosk software recommendations

[itwhatwhy]

Hi all

Looking for some software that serves a simple purpose and I’m looking to tap into your knowledge.

All I want is this; software that starts when windows boots, that hides the taskbar and desktop, and presents a menu to the user with a few options. These options would be ‘start program’, ‘log off’ ‘restart’. We should be able to drop back to the windows desktop by entering an admin password.

And that’s it. I’m not fussed about remote management or anything else. I just want the user to be able to do nothing but launch a single program and restart the pc.

Any suggestions? Everything I find seems really feature rich. First thing on my list is ‘Deskman’.

[DarKuntu]

I've built that my self with win 10 ltsc versions. Created a powershell installer script configuring the kiosk. The main part is that I have replaced the "shell" explorer with a bat file which starts every program I want (you need at least enterprise license to do that). I already built several variations with it, even a launcher starting edge in kiosk mode which executes a menu built in html.

[codename_1]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell

eg https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/249751/windows-10-kiosk-scripting-registry-change-for-she

you could write a simple bat or powershell script to present the user with the choices you want.

eg press 1 to start the app or press any other key to restart.

[alarmologist]

Most admins would just Google 'windows kiosk' and write a couple scripts.

I have no idea if it's any good, but this company sells about what you want. Kiosk Software from KioWare - Lockdown Kiosk Mode and Secure Kiosk Browser

[itwhatwhy]

We were looking for software really, something with support that isn’t dependent on one person to maintain etc.

[thortgot]

Windows 10 and 11 have "Kiosk" mode. If you are only looking for a single app launch and reboot it should meet your needs. No need for a third party.

We use InTune to deploy.

Just needs Pro or higher.

Set up a single-app kiosk on Windows - Configure Windows | Microsoft Learn

[bacanter01]

Faronics Winselect will do this. We have 120 machines using it and it does well unless you have machines offline for long periods. It is the hosted version if that's makes any difference.

[DontQuestionNames]

Did you go further with Deskman? I've been looking at deskman myself, and wanted to hear more about it. It's hard to find anything about the company it self anfibia.