
Start chrome and go to drag and drop the url out onto the desktop.I use this for exhibitions to lock down screens. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chromium\chrome.exe" -chrome -kiosk -incognito -disable-pinch -overscroll-history-navigation=0 "C:\windows\system32\ping" -n 5 -w 1000 127.0.0.1 >NULĮcho Step 2 of 5: Waiting a few more seconds before starting the browser.Įcho Final 'invisible' step: Starting the browser, Finally. Note make sure you download the top version of chromium this comes with all audio and video codecs as the basic version of chromium does not support all codecs.Įcho Step 1 of 2: Waiting a few seconds before starting the Kiosk.
#Google chrome not opening in fullscreen update
Also the auto up in newer versions of chrome being a pain to try and disable I switched out to use chromium as it does not auto update and still gives all the modern features of chrome. Chrome restore error always showing after forced shutdownīecause of the restore error switched out to incognito mode as this launches a clear version all the time and does not save what the user was viewing and so if it crashes there is nothing to restore.There have been many updates to chrome since I posted this and have had to alter the script alot to keep it working as I needed.Ĭouple of issues with newer versions of chrome: Might need to set chrome://flags/#autoplay-policy if running an older version of chrome (60 below) "C:\Program Files (x86)\chrome-win32\chrome.exe" -chrome -kiosk -incognito -disable-pinch -no-user-gesture-required -overscroll-history-navigation=0

Note -overscroll-history-navigation=0 isn't working currently will need to disable this flag by going to chrome://flags/#overscroll-history-navigation in your browser and setting to disabled. More updates to chrome required script update to allow autoplaying video with audio. New script that displays 10second countdown then launches chrome/chromiumn in fullscreen kiosk mode.
