Trick To Run Internet Explorer In Kiosk Mode

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A friend of mine wanted to run Internet Explorer in Kiosk mode. So this post goes for him :)

First, you should know, what exactly is Kiosk mode. In Kiosk mode, it’s only you and the website you are browsing. No toolbars (top or bottom), no taskbar, no buttons, no windows, nothing!

How to run IE in Kiosk mode:

Well, to run in Kiosk mode, open Run (Start > Run) and type the following:

iexplore -k page

Where page is the website you want to browse. OK, let me make it a little more easier. If you want to browse Sizzled Core on IE (in Kiosk mode, then you go to Run and type: iexplore -k www.sizzledcore.com

Simple, isn’t it? :)

How to exit from Kiosk mode?

Of course, there are no navigation buttons, menus or icons which you can use to exit from the Kiosk mode. So to exit from there, use the shortcut Alt + F4.

Keyboard shortcuts for Kiosk mode

Luckily, I have been able to get the full list of keyboard shortcuts that will work in Kiosk mode from Microsoft’s support site.

   Key combination  Function
   -----------------------------------------------------------
   CTRL+A           Select all (editing)
   CTRL+B           Organize favorites
   CTRL+C           Copy (editing)
   CTRL+F           Find (on current page)
   CTRL+H           View History folder
   CTRL+L           Open Location dialog box
   CTRL+N           New window (opens in non-Kiosk mode)
   CTRL+O           Open Location dialog box (same as CTRL+L)
   CTRL+P           Print
   CTRL+R           Refresh
   CTRL+S           Save
   CTRL+V           Paste (editing)
   CTRL+W           Close (same as ALT+F4)
   CTRL+X           Cut (editing)
   ALT+F4           Close
   ALT+LEFT ARROW   Back
   ALT+RIGHT ARROW  Forward
   ESC              Stop
   F5               Refresh

These were important, right? :)

Kiosk mode is compatible with Internet Explorer 6 and older versions. As I don’t use Internet Explorer, I still have IE6 installed so I don’t know whether it works in IE7 or not.

Kiosk mode in Mozilla Firefox

Want to know how to make Firefox run in Kiosk mode? Download this extension :)

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17 Comments

Nirmal

Well, I havent tried the Kiosk mode till now. Will try it now. It definitely looks good in Kiosk mode.

Oct 4th, 2007
Haris

@Nirmal: Do try, and tell me if you liked it :)

Oct 4th, 2007
Madhur Kapoor

This is cool . I never knew about this .

Oct 4th, 2007
Brown Baron

Looks good. Nice trick too.

Oct 4th, 2007
Haris

I’m glad you guys liked it! :)

Oct 5th, 2007
ReviewSaurus

I’m wondering…what’ll be the actual use :P

Oct 5th, 2007
Haris

@ReviewSaurus: Well… Yeah! This is something that even I didn’t thought of :p Why are we going to use this any way?

Oct 5th, 2007
ReviewSaurus

strange…I’m the first one who thought about it …h eh ehehe…your tip is hit buddy :)

Oct 5th, 2007
Haris

@ReviewSaurus: Thanks :mrgreen:

Oct 5th, 2007
Shankar Ganesh

Hey that’s cool.

I tested it on IE 7 and it works fine :mrgreen:

Oct 6th, 2007
Haris

@Shankar: Thanks, I didn’t know that it worked in IE7. I only use Firefox, so there is no need for IE7 :p

The best part is that even Microsoft’s support site haven’t included IE7 in their list.

Oct 6th, 2007
HASSAN'

Nice trick bro. :smile:

Oct 10th, 2007
Haris

@HASSAN: Thanks :)

Oct 10th, 2007
Vaibhav

Great finding man, was a good experience to work with. :wink:

Oct 11th, 2007
ssalvagg

It works fine, but I want to lock it down more. No open location or forward and back. :smile:

Mar 10th, 2008
nimoh

IE7 also supports control-D in kiosk mode to add a favorite

Jun 26th, 2008