title: Writing XML code for multi-app kiosk for Windows desktop
body: <p>I'm trying to create multi-app kiosk for one of our computer in the office running Windows 10 pro.</p>
  <p>It works with Microsoft apps such as Calculator, Internet Explorer, but I'm trying to create one for one of our in-house app and it didn't work. When in kiosk mode, it came up with the app button but with a text of the location to the app itself (eg: <code>W~C:\path\to\app\app.exe</code> - I don't know what <code>W~</code> means). And when I click on it, nothing happens. With multi-app kiosk, you have to write an XML file to allow which app to run:</p>
  <pre class="lang-xml prettyprint-override"><code>&lt;Profiles&gt;
    &lt;Profile Id=&quot;{some id}&quot;&gt;
      &lt;AllAppsList&gt;
        &lt;AllowedApps&gt;
          &lt;App DesktopAppPath=&quot;C:\path\to\app\app.exe&quot; /&gt;
        &lt;/AllowedApps&gt;
      &lt;/AllAppsList&gt;
      &lt;StartLayout&gt;
        &lt;![CDATA[&lt;LayoutModificationTemplate xmlns:defaultlayout=&quot;http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout&quot; xmlns:start=&quot;http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout&quot; Version=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification&quot;&gt;
            &lt;LayoutOptions StartTileGroupCellWidth=&quot;6&quot; /&gt;
              &lt;DefaultLayoutOverride&gt;
                &lt;StartLayoutCollection&gt;
                  &lt;defaultlayout:StartLayout GroupCellWidth=&quot;6&quot;&gt;
                    &lt;start:Group Name=&quot;TAS&quot;&gt;
                      &lt;start:DesktopApplicationTile Size=&quot;2x2&quot; Column=&quot;0&quot; Row=&quot;0&quot; DesktopApplicationID=&quot;C:\path\to\app\app.exe&quot; /&gt;
                    &lt;/start:Group&gt; 
                  &lt;/defaultlayout:StartLayout&gt;
                &lt;/StartLayoutCollection&gt;
              &lt;/DefaultLayoutOverride&gt;
            &lt;/LayoutModificationTemplate&gt;
        ]]&gt;
      &lt;/StartLayout&gt;
    &lt;/Profile&gt;
  &lt;/Profiles&gt;
  </code></pre>
  <p>I was just wondering if there's something that you need to set in the <code>&lt;App&gt;</code> tag to specify the library path/working folder? Is there any documentation about on how to write XML files for multi-app kiosk? I found this on the Microsoft website but not in details:
  <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/lock-down-windows-10-to-specific-apps" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/lock-down-windows-10-to-specific-apps</a></p>