A quick post to share a fix I just found while testing Windows 10 Kiosk Mode on build 1803. One of the thing every one want to do with Kiosk Mode is to leverage Edge so users can only log to a dedicated URL.
As you can expect from your favorite Microsoft, Edge is not part of the available default apps. No problem, you can add it using this Powershell command:
Set-AssignedAccess –UserName <kiosk-user> -AUMID Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge
But when executed, it fails with the following error: System error 1376 has occurred
As you can see from the screen capture above, the error does not comes from the cmdlet but from the underneath command Net.exe localgroup administrators.
Backed with this info, the diagnostic is fairly easy: I’m running Windows with French localization, so there no way a group called Administrators ever exists (we have Administrateurs instead).
The Fix
So, how to make Windows find an Administrators group on a foreign installation (No, renaming local admin group is not an option)? With two DOS commands:
Net localgroup administrators /add. This command will create a local Administrators group.
Net localgroup administrateurs administrators /add. This command will add the administrators group to the local admin group (Change “Administrateur” with your localized local admins group).
This is fixed !!! You can run the Powershell command again.
You can then check in the control Panel\Accounts\Other People\Set up assigned access that Edge is now part of the default apps.
Logoff from your current account, and logon with your Kiosk user and Enjoy !!!