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- name: Overview
href: index.md
- name: Configure a kiosk experience (single app)
href: single-app-kiosk.md
href: configure-single-app-kiosk.md
- name: Configure a restricted user experience (multi-app)
href: multi-app-kiosk.md
href: configure-multi-app-kiosk.md
- name: Create a configuration file
href: configuration-file.md
- name: Quickstarts

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---
title: Configure a kiosk with Shell Launcher
description: Learn how to configure a Windows kiosk with Shell Launcher.
ms.date: 10/31/2024
ms.topic: overview
---
# Configure a kiosk with Shell Launcher
The configuration of Shell Launcher is done using an XML file. The XML file is applied to the device via the [Assigned Access CSP](/windows/client-management/mdm/assignedaccess-csp#shelllauncher), using one of the following options:
- A Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution, like Microsoft Intune
- Provisioning packages
- The MDM Bridge WMI Provider
To learn how to configure the Shell Launcher XML file, see [Create a Shell Launcher configuration file](configuration-file.md).
[!INCLUDE [tab-intro](../../../includes/configure/tab-intro.md)]
#### [:::image type="icon" source="../../images/icons/intune.svg"::: **Intune/CSP**](#tab/intune)
You can configure devices using a [custom policy][MEM-1] with the [AssignedAccess CSP][WIN-3].
- **Setting:** `./Vendor/MSFT/AssignedAccess/ShellLauncher`
- **Value:** content of the XML configuration file
Assign the policy to a group that contains as members the devices that you want to configure.
#### [:::image type="icon" source="../../images/icons/provisioning-package.svg"::: **PPKG**](#tab/ppkg)
[!INCLUDE [provisioning-package-1](../../../includes/configure/provisioning-package-1.md)]
- **Path:** `SMISettings/ShellLauncher`
- **Value:** depends on specific settings
[!INCLUDE [provisioning-package-2](../../../includes/configure/provisioning-package-2.md)]
#### [:::image type="icon" source="../images/icons/powershell.svg"::: **PowerShell**](#tab/ps)
[!INCLUDE [powershell-wmi-bridge-1](../../../includes/configure/powershell-wmi-bridge-1.md)]
```PowerShell
$shellLauncherConfiguration = @"
# content of the XML configuration file
"@
$namespaceName="root\cimv2\mdm\dmmap"
$className="MDM_AssignedAccess"
$obj = Get-CimInstance -Namespace $namespaceName -ClassName $className
$obj.ShellLauncher = [System.Net.WebUtility]::HtmlEncode($shellLauncherConfiguration)
$obj = Set-CimInstance -CimInstance $obj -ErrorVariable cimSetError -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if($cimSetError) {
Write-Output "An ERROR occurred. Displaying error record and attempting to retrieve error logs...`n"
Write-Error -ErrorRecord $cimSetError[0]
$timeout = New-TimeSpan -Seconds 30
$stopwatch = [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew()
$eventLogFilterHashTable = @{ LogName='Microsoft-Windows-AssignedAccess/Admin' }
do{
$events = Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable $eventLogFilterHashTable -ErrorAction Ignore
} until ($events.Count -or $stopwatch.Elapsed -gt $timeout) # wait for the log to be available
if($events.Count) {
$events | ForEach-Object {
Write-Output "$($_.TimeCreated) [$($_.LevelDisplayName.ToUpper())] $($_.Message -replace "`n|`r")"
}
} else {
Write-Warning "Timed-out attempting to retrieve event logs..."
}
Exit 1
}
Write-Output "Successfully applied Shell Launcher configuration"
```
[!INCLUDE [powershell-wmi-bridge-2](../../../includes/configure/powershell-wmi-bridge-2.md)]
---
> [!TIP]
> For practical examples, see the [Quickstart: configure a kiosk experience with Shell Launcher](quickstart-kiosk.md).
## User experience
After the settings are applied, the users that are configured to use Shell Launcher will execute the custom shell after sign-in.
Depending on your configuration, you can have a user to automatically sign in to the device.
## Next steps
> [!div class="nextstepaction"]
> Learn how to configure the Shell Launcher XML file:
>
> [Create a Shell Launcher configuration file](configuration-file.md)
<!--links-->
[MEM-1]: /mem/intune/configuration/custom-settings-windows-10
[WIN-3]: /windows/client-management/mdm/assignedaccess-csp

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- Windows doesn't support setting a custom shell before the out-of-box experience (OOBE). If you do, you can't deploy the resulting image
- Shell Launcher doesn't support a custom shell with an application that launches a different process and exits. For example, you can't specify `write.exe` in Shell Launcher. Shell Launcher launches a custom shell and monitors the process to identify when the custom shell exits. `Write.exe` creates a 32-bit `wordpad.exe` process and exits. Since Shell Launcher isn't aware of the newly created `wordpad.exe` process, Shell Launcher takes action based on the exit code of `Write.exe`, such as restarting the custom shell
## Configure a device with Shell Launcher
The configuration of Shell Launcher is done using an XML file. The XML file is applied to the device via the [Assigned Access CSP](/windows/client-management/mdm/assignedaccess-csp#shelllauncher), using one of the following options:
- A Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution, like Microsoft Intune
- Provisioning packages
- The MDM Bridge WMI Provider
To learn how to configure the Shell Launcher XML file, see [Create a Shell Launcher configuration file](configuration-file.md).
[!INCLUDE [tab-intro](../../../includes/configure/tab-intro.md)]
#### [:::image type="icon" source="../../images/icons/intune.svg"::: **Intune/CSP**](#tab/intune)
You can configure devices using a [custom policy][MEM-1] with the [AssignedAccess CSP][WIN-3].
- **Setting:** `./Vendor/MSFT/AssignedAccess/ShellLauncher`
- **Value:** content of the XML configuration file
Assign the policy to a group that contains as members the devices that you want to configure.
#### [:::image type="icon" source="../../images/icons/provisioning-package.svg"::: **PPKG**](#tab/ppkg)
[!INCLUDE [provisioning-package-1](../../../includes/configure/provisioning-package-1.md)]
- **Path:** `SMISettings/ShellLauncher`
- **Value:** depends on specific settings
[!INCLUDE [provisioning-package-2](../../../includes/configure/provisioning-package-2.md)]
#### [:::image type="icon" source="../images/icons/powershell.svg"::: **PowerShell**](#tab/ps)
[!INCLUDE [powershell-wmi-bridge-1](../../../includes/configure/powershell-wmi-bridge-1.md)]
```PowerShell
$shellLauncherConfiguration = @"
# content of the XML configuration file
"@
$namespaceName="root\cimv2\mdm\dmmap"
$className="MDM_AssignedAccess"
$obj = Get-CimInstance -Namespace $namespaceName -ClassName $className
$obj.ShellLauncher = [System.Net.WebUtility]::HtmlEncode($shellLauncherConfiguration)
$obj = Set-CimInstance -CimInstance $obj -ErrorVariable cimSetError -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if($cimSetError) {
Write-Output "An ERROR occurred. Displaying error record and attempting to retrieve error logs...`n"
Write-Error -ErrorRecord $cimSetError[0]
$timeout = New-TimeSpan -Seconds 30
$stopwatch = [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew()
$eventLogFilterHashTable = @{ LogName='Microsoft-Windows-AssignedAccess/Admin' }
do{
$events = Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable $eventLogFilterHashTable -ErrorAction Ignore
} until ($events.Count -or $stopwatch.Elapsed -gt $timeout) # wait for the log to be available
if($events.Count) {
$events | ForEach-Object {
Write-Output "$($_.TimeCreated) [$($_.LevelDisplayName.ToUpper())] $($_.Message -replace "`n|`r")"
}
} else {
Write-Warning "Timed-out attempting to retrieve event logs..."
}
Exit 1
}
Write-Output "Successfully applied Shell Launcher configuration"
```
[!INCLUDE [powershell-wmi-bridge-2](../../../includes/configure/powershell-wmi-bridge-2.md)]
---
> [!TIP]
> For practical examples, see the [Quickstart: configure a kiosk experience with Shell Launcher](quickstart-kiosk.md).
## User experience
After the settings are applied, the users that are configured to use Shell Launcher will execute the custom shell after sign-in.
Depending on your configuration, you can have a user to automatically sign in to the device.
## Next steps
> [!div class="nextstepaction"]
> Learn how to configure the Shell Launcher XML file:
>
> [Create a Shell Launcher configuration file](configuration-file.md)
<!--links-->
[MEM-1]: /mem/intune/configuration/custom-settings-windows-10
[WIN-3]: /windows/client-management/mdm/assignedaccess-csp

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items:
- name: Overview
href: index.md
- name: Configure a kiosk with Shell Launcher
href: configure.md
- name: "Quickstart: Configure a kiosk with Shell Launcher"
href: quickstart-kiosk.md
- name: Create a configuration file