Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 10/08/74 11:57

Mel wrote:
> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>> Harlan Messinger wrote:
>>> Mel wrote:
>>>> 1) There are no browsers open on the Windows Desktop
>>>> 2) I have a Desktop Icon the user clicks on. This will open a browser
>>>> and show stuff.
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to open a browser (IE) with no menus, status etc. ???
>>>> from command line (DOS exec)
>>>>
>>>> AGAIN. The command to invoke browser is handled via DESKTOP and not
>>>> clicking on a LINK in a browser.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to open a window without decoration, rather than a regular
>>>> browser
>>> Not that I know of. Wouldn't this be more of an IE question than an HTML
>>> question?
>> Then this is an OS not an HTML question. You want kiosk mode, for IE
>> from the command line (all on one line):
>>
>> "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -k http://www.example.com
>>
>> For other browsers it is different, Firefox needs modification to run
>> kiosk mode.
>>
>> --
>> Take care,
>>
>
> I followed the instruction you gave me, and now i get a FULL SCREEN
> with no borders that i can not get rid of anymore. are there other
> options for width/height and how do i kill the screen ?
>
> i tried Esc, that did nothing

That is the *problem* with kiosk mode, not controls! You must close with
keyboard command only and for Windows the default is ALT+F4

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Take care,

Jonathan
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