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I have tried all the following and I just can't get Chrome to open in fullscreen with or without kiosk mode:

Run chrome in fullscreen mode on Windows

Which says simply to create a shortcut with the following as target:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -kiosk -fullscreen WEBSITE TO OPEN

I have tried with -- and -

I have tried creating a BAT file and using the following

start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --kiosk --fullscreen "WEBSITE TO OPEN"

What am i missing?

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for anyone here that want to open a new chrome window without url bar it is not called kiosk mode, it is called app mode. and the command to append to your chrome path is: 

--app=https://google.com
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You can use the following code to open the Chrome browser in a full window or kiosk mode on Windows 7:

taskkill /IM chrome.exe
start chrome.exe --kiosk -tab "www.url.com"
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    Can you please explain your code a bit more in your answer? – Ryan Kozak Sep 14 '18 at 22:57
  • @RyanKozak after cleaning up the commands, it looks a lot easier :) – huysentruitw Sep 18 '18 at 18:20
  • Can confirm that this works in Windows 10 as well. In case anyone wondering, copy the code into a new text file and change the ending to .bat then add the correct url and you should be good to go. Also; an url that contains % must instead use %% to be interpreted correctly as explained [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52026786/open-url-that-contains-umlaut-with-batch). – user 88 91 Oct 13 '20 at 12:26
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In order for the target path:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --kiosk WEBSITE TO OPEN

to work, you need to quit all chrome processes, including background process. You can actually disallow chrome to run in background.

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But, there is an alternative to using the above approach.

  • Add the kiosk app(extension) to your chrome.
  • In the kiosk app settings, give the URL and other details as appropriate(You can launch the app from webstore after adding it to chrome).
  • From the extensions window of chrome, click on details of Kiosk extension and click on create app shortcuts button.
  • Use the shortcuts created to enter chrome in kiosk mode.
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  • This is the answer that helped me! We're using Chrome to display a webpage as a building directory, so this is exactly what I wanted. – Aidan Hakimian Feb 13 '23 at 19:40
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Even if the chrome browser is closed down, all instances of Chrome.exe in the Windows Task Manager need to be manually closed. Even if testing when a PC is freshly turned on, I still need to close instances of Chrome.exe from the Windows Task Manager.

When all instances are closed, running a shortcut with the following target seems to work:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --chrome --fullscreen --kiosk

Does anyone know how to stop the instances of Chrome.exe in the Windows Task manager interfering?

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close the browser and just try this way "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --kiosk

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  • Step 1: Add new user. Create a name and image for it.
  • Step 2: Create desktop shortcut (Check the checkbox that says "Create desktop shortcut")
  • Step 3: Go to Desktop, right-click the shortcut, left-click "Properties".
  • Step 4: Under "Target", at the end of the string, type "--kiosk" (without the quotes)
  • Step 5: Click Apply, close ALL OPEN INSTANCES OF CHROME, and start Chrome from that shortcut you created in Step 2.
  • The end. I have looked it up myself, and it works 100%.
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