Support Request: How do I distribute a StartScreen configured using the new configuration tool

Description

I have a Windows8 style start screen configuration that I now want to distribute to other machines. I can't upload it from the reference kiosk as this configuration in not part of the main configuration setup. (The files are stored in c:\users\public\SiteKiosk\content)

What I would like to be able to do is upload this config from the reference machine and distribute it to my other machines - much as you can do with the standard config files.

Answer: (3)

Re: How do I distribute a StartScreen configured using the new configuration tool 7/1/2015 5:46 PM
You can zip the required folder, upload it to the client machine and extract it. To do this first upload your zip file then you will use a SiteRemote 'Run Executable' job and a free third party utility like 7-Zip. As far as I know the native zip functionality in Windows does not have a command line interface. 7-Zip can be downloaded here: http://www.7-zip.org/download.html. With 7-Zip installed on the machine and the file already uploaded you will do the following:

1. Login to SiteRemote and go to the "SiteKiosk" tab then the "Jobs" submenu.
2. Click the "New Job" button and then select the machines from the tree view on the left to run the job for.
3. From the "Action Type" drop down select "Run Executable" and click the "Add" button.
4. In the "Command Line" box enter the following line:

"C:Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" x "C:\yourFile.zip" -o"C:\extractHere" -y


"C:\yourFile.zip" should be the path to your zip file
"C:\extractHere" should be the location to extract the files to

5. Click the "Assign" button to run the job.

To upload the file, use the File Upload job or if the content ZIP has a bigger size please find here a general FAQ describing several methods of uploading files to SiteRemote / the SiteKiosk clients:
http://www.provisio.com/CustomerSupportCenter/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=590
Re: How do I distribute a StartScreen configured using the new configuration tool 7/29/2015 4:00 PM
I did a sitekiosk configuration in one PC and need to transfer this configuration file to another two PCS.

I copied the latest configuration file and save in the other PC.
i chose the file from Load configuration from the main configuration window.

But the system is showign the default start page.

How do I solve this issue ? How do I transfer the main page to another system ?
Re: How do I distribute a StartScreen configured using the new configuration tool 7/29/2015 10:07 PM
Does the same thing happen in Start Once and Autostart?

Make sure to save the configuration file is saved at "C:\Program Files (x86)\SiteKiosk\Config". This will ensure is can be found by SiteKiosk in Start Once and in Autostart modes. After you have saved the file on the local drive, you can just double-click it to load that file in the SiteKiosk configuration tool.

Please note that if you choose a local file to be your start page, you will also need to transfer that and any other local files to the other machines along with the configuration file.

Can you get to other webpages if you type in a different URL? If there is no internet connection, the offline start page will be displayed. The offline start page also looks like the default start page.
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