Installing your experience on Edge

You must allow sufficient time before any event or usage to fully install, download and test your experience.

Install and Download on Edge

Initiating Download on Edge

  • Open the Edge web browser application and open the experience that you wish to download and install.
  • Create a Desktop shortcut to the experience by opening Chrome Settings (three dots), then “More Tools“, “Apps”, then “Install <experience name>”.
  • On the popup window, click “Install”;
  • This will then install it on your device and open in a new window. It will offer you the options to pin to taskbar, pin to start, create a desktop shortcut and auto-start on device login.

Starting the App

  • Open the app via the shortcuts or pins you enabled above.
  • When the app opens, it will begin to download any media within the experience, and display this notification in the bottom right hand window.

Kiosk Mode using Edge

What is Kiosk Mode?

Kiosk Mode is a general industry term for restricting a device to a specific application.

In relation to the platform, installing in Kiosk Mode means that the experience runs in full screen, hiding the operation system functionality and ensuring users remain within your experience.

It’s useful when your experience is available in a public setting – such a lobby, customer center or event.

Our recommended browser

Due to the ease and simplicity of installing, downloading and enabling Kiosk Mode on a Windows PC, we recommend Chrome where possible.

We also have a dedicated kiosk installer for events, customer spaces and public areas.

The following instructions are appropriate for Edge only.

Kiosk Mode for Edge on Windows

  • On the Windows Desktop, right-click and select “Create Shortcut”
  • In the Dialog that appears, input the below command into the “Type the location of the item” field, replacing “[EXPERIENCE URL]” with the URL to your chosen experience, for example:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k start msedge –kiosk [EXPERIENCE URL] –edge-kiosk-type=fullscreen –no-first-run

  • Press “Next” button
  • Enter a name for your Shortcut, e.g. “POPcomms Experience” This name will appear with your Shortcut Icon on the Desktop
  • Click “Finish” button

You will now find an icon on your Windows Desktop that will launch your Experience in Kiosk mode in the Microsoft Edge browser

Closing the App for Edge

  • To quit the full-screen Kiosk mode browser application, press Alt + F4
  • We highly recommend having a physical keyboard available, either wired or wireless, connected to the machine running the experience to make exiting the app easier.

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