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lforbes
Iron Contributor
May 29, 2020

GPO to Open Files on the new Edge WITHOUT saving first. REQUIRED for Kiosks (Always Open in System)

We have thousands of Health Kiosks running in hospitals that are running IE 11. We want to upgrade them to Edge Chromium. We have tons of Group Policies restricting the "saving" of documents outs...
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Marinu246
Copper Contributor
Feb 23, 2022
Have you tried to use the GPO for EDGE Always open PDF files externally.
Ciao, Mario
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EdgarFerrerMoreno
Copper Contributor
Mar 06, 2022
I have the same issue i tried to use the GPO for msedge to target
AutoOpenFileTypes = gpo set to ica
AutoOpenAllowedForURLs = gpo set to the address where ica is downloaded

This has been done using Computer or User Configuration

I also set edge://settings/downloads "Ask me what to do with each download" to disabled

Scenario: when browser is opened as none full screen mode , No Issue was Found
Scenario: if msedge Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" -Argumentlist " --kiosk https://www.google.com --edge-kiosk-type=fullscreen --new-window is launch via kiosk mode it always as to save as ica file before it automatically launched. I am using the same profle as none kiosk mode , also both are not in private mode , thus i am expecting the settings to be saved or use between kiosk mode and none kiosk mode , but its not happening

Thanks in Advance
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    EdgarFerrerMoreno
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 07, 2022

    EdgarFerrerMoreno Just Sharing manage to resolve the kiosk mode issue for ICA file to always open without saveas /downloading the file

     

    new-item HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutoOpenAllowedForURLs -force
    new-item HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutoOpenFileTypes -force
    new-item HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\FileSystemReadAskForUrls -force
    new-item HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\FileSystemReadAskForUrls -force
    new-item HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\FileSystemWriteAskForUrls -force
    new-item HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\FileSystemWriteAskForUrls -force
    new-item HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\ImagesAllowedForUrls -force
    new-item HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\ImagesAllowedForUrls -force
    new-item HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\InsecureContentAllowedForUrls -force
    new-item HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\InsecureContentAllowedForUrls -force

    sample values


    new-itemproperty HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutoOpenAllowedForURLs -type String -name 1 -value https://www.google.com
    new-itemproperty HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\AutoOpenFileTypes -type String -name 1 -value ica
    new-itemproperty HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\FileSystemReadAskForUrls -type String -name 1 -value https://www.google.com
    new-itemproperty HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\FileSystemWriteAskForUrls -type String -name 1 -value https://www.google.com
    new-itemproperty HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\ImagesAllowedForUrls -type String -name 1 -value https://www.google.com
    new-itemproperty HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\InsecureContentAllowedForUrls -type String -name 1 -value https://www.google.com