Ticket ID: 22936 Creation Date: 23/09/2016 09:39 Product: SiteKiosk Classic Windows Attachment: -
TicketType: Support Request Version: 9.3.3773 Language: English
Views: 34382 Last Modification Date: 21/10/2016 11:04 Platform:
Level: Closed

Support Request: Support for Windows 8.1 Store apps

Description

It appears that SiteKiosk for Windows currently does not support launching Windows 8.1 Store apps, nor Windows 10 Universal Store apps. Is this a limitation that can be addressed in one of the future releases, or is it strictly impossible due to inherent limitations of what Windows allows you to do? I'm asking on behalf of a customer of ours who is using SiteKiosk and would like to launch one of our Windows 8.1 Store applications from it.

Thank you very much for your time.

Answer: (2)
Re: Support for Windows 8.1 Store apps 23/09/2016 10:53
Hello,

Actually this is not possible as Microsoft did not provide the option to control these apps like EXE files (e.g. close them on Logout) in the past like it is possible with “usual” EXE applications.

But since Windows 10 this has changed and it is planned to implement the feature to be able to start Windows 10 Universal Apps (but not 8.1 Apps) in one of the next SiteKiosk versions (approximately with SiteKiosk 9.5 which release is planned for first quarter of 2017 – but no guarantee)

Regards,
Michael Olbrich
Re: Support for Windows 8.1 Store apps 23/09/2016 10:54
Thank you,. that's great to hear!
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