I have been experimenting with enabling kiosk mode on a Windows 11 Pro system using a local account with administrator privileges. The process of transitioning the computer to kiosk mode was done by navigating through Settings, Family, and Kiosk settings, which resulted in the creation of a new user account named “Kiosk” with the necessary application access. Everything appeared to be functioning properly at that point.

Although I followed a tutorial found on YouTube, a significant issue has arisen. The application within kiosk mode utilizes the “Open File” feature to access files, such as photos, saved on the computer. Since the user has been granted administrator permissions as part of the kiosk setup, there is a concern that users may browse through the entire file system and potentially make changes to files and folders via the File Open dialog. Is there a way to restrict the kiosk user account from having admin rights or limit the application’s access to a specific folder only? I want to ensure that users are unable to alter files outside of a designated area. How can this limitation be implemented in a straightforward manner?

​I have been experimenting with enabling kiosk mode on a Windows 11 Pro system using a local account with administrator privileges. The process of transitioning the computer to kiosk mode was done by navigating through Settings, Family, and Kiosk settings, which resulted in the creation of a new user account named “Kiosk” with the necessary application access. Everything appeared to be functioning properly at that point. Although I followed a tutorial found on YouTube, a significant issue has arisen. The application within kiosk mode utilizes the “Open File” feature to access files, such as photos, saved on the computer. Since the user has been granted administrator permissions as part of the kiosk setup, there is a concern that users may browse through the entire file system and potentially make changes to files and folders via the File Open dialog. Is there a way to restrict the kiosk user account from having admin rights or limit the application’s access to a specific folder only? I want to ensure that users are unable to alter files outside of a designated area. How can this limitation be implemented in a straightforward manner?  Read More

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