Introduction

This article lists several methods for automatically starting an experience in Player on Windows, avoiding display of the Experiences panel.

NOTE:

• Want the Windows-based Player to automatically run after a Windows reboot, and you have an Enterprise-level account? See our article about automatically restarting Player.
• Don't want an audience to know you are using Intuiface? Use one of the methods discussed below in tandem with the creation of a custom splash screen. This will replace the Player splash screen image displayed when it launches with one of your own or with nothing at all.

Automatically start an Intuiface experience

Method 1: Specifying your Player Launch Preference

NOTE: This option requires that you have an Enterprise-level account.

Player - across all supported platforms - can be configured to do one of two things when launched:

1. Run the last opened experience
   OR
2. Display the Experiences panel

Your launch preference for each individual Player is registered through the use of the Share and Deploy console.

• In the "Manage My Players" view, select one or more devices in the "Manage My Players" view. To select more than one Player, filter by name/tab/platform, select the triangle in the lower-left corner of each Player you'll be targeting then click the "All selected devices" button.
  
• On the "Preferences" tab of the opened information panel, select the appropriate checkbox in the Player Launch Preference section.
  

Notice the Automatic Player Launch feature just above the Player Launch Preferences. Activating this feature ensures that if the PC is rebooted, Player will restart and - based on the selected launch preference - run the last opened experience.

Method 2: Run Intuiface Player on Windows-based PCs in Kiosk Mode

This method is by far the most secure as it will prevent users from accessing the Windows desktop or any other application. It is a bit more complicated to set up and requires some (albeit limited) IT skills. All the steps are described in the article Run Intuiface Player on Windows-based PCs in Kiosk Mode

Method 3: Double-click the .ifx, .pro.ifx or .free.ifx file found in your project folder.

For this method to work, you must also check that the .ifx extension is associated with Intuiface Player for Windows. (If you installed Composer on the same PC, it may be associated to the .ifx extension instead of Player.)

Method 4: Create a .bat file and put it into the Startup folder of the Windows Start menu

The .bat file must contain the start command followed by the path to Intuiface Player and the path to the project .ifx, .pro.ifx or .free.ifx file as an argument. If the path contains the space character, put the entire path between double-quotes. Example:

start "C:\Program Files (x86)\IntuiLab\Intuiface\Player\IntuifacePlayerApp.exe" "C:\Users\[userName]\Documents\Intuiface\[projectName]\[projectName].ifx"

Put a shortcut to this .bat file in the Startup folder of Windows.

To open the startup folder: press windows key + r then type shell:startup and hit Enter.

All command-line options for Player for Windows can be found here.

Method 5: Add a link to the .ifx, .pro.ifx or .free.ifx file into the Startup folder of the Windows Start menu

For this method to work, you must also check that the .ifx extension is associated with Intuiface Player for Windows. (If you installed Composer on the same PC, it may be associated to the .ifx extension instead of Player.)

Put a shortcut to this file in the Startup folder of Windows.
To open the startup folder: press windows key + r then type shell:startup and hit Enter.

Method 6: Create a task run by the Windows Task Scheduler

This task should execute a .bat file similar to the one described in Method 2. Please look here to get more information about use of the Task Scheduler.