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How to setup Assigned Access in Windows 10 (Kiosk Mode)

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Published onSeptember 1, 2015

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Let’s say you’re building some sort of ingenious mechanical contraption to be displayed in public that involves using a Windows 10 tablet as an interface. You’ve written or found the perfect app to use this contraption with and now everything is set up. The last thing you would want is for the public to simply close the app, fire up Microsoft Edge and start checking their Facebook on it, turning your creation into a glorified social media browser. You can avoid all that with a feature called ‘Assigned Access’.

With Assigned Access, you create a new user account that automatically launches one Windows Store app in full screen mode, with no access to the rest of Windows at all. Setting it up in Windows 10 is fairly straightforward.

Step 1:Create a new user account that will be used for assigned access.

Step 2:Sign out of your current account and sign into the new account created in Step 1.

Step 3:In this new account, go to the Windows Store, and install the app you want it to use with Assigned Access.

Step 4:Sign out of the assigned access account and back into your primary account.

Step 5:Launch Settings, then go to Accounts, ‘Family & other users’, then click ‘Set up assigned access’.

Step 6:Here, choose the assigned access account and the app in their respective fields.

That’s it! Go ahead and try out your new assigned access account. If you want to exit the account, all you have to do is hit Ctrl+Alt+Del and you’re signed out.

Assigned Access is primarily designed for kiosks but it can also be useful for DIY builders as well. How would you use Assigned Access? Let us know in the comments section below.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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With KB5043178 to Release Preview Channel, Microsoft advises Windows 11 users to plug in when the battery is low#

Copilot in Outlook will generate personalized themes for you to customize the app#

Microsoft will raise the price of its 365 Suite to include AI capabilities#

Death Stranding Director’s Cut is now Xbox X|S at a huge discount#

Outlook will let users create custom account icons so they can tell their accounts apart easier#

How to setup Assigned Access in Windows 10 (Kiosk Mode)#