Start PowerPoint viewer in full screen (kiosk) mode

Question

I have Magic Info Pro (samsung) Software, and I installed on a remote screen PowerPoint Viewer.

Every time it starts it displays the title bar. My boss does not want this bar displayed.

I see that it is possible to right click while PPT is running and go to FullScreen Mode.

I also found that it is possible to execute PPT like.

C:/PowerPoint Viewer/ /F C:/welcome.ppt

And this would do exactly what we wish.

But MagicInfo is executing this Presentations, and I can't change the code of this software.

Is there a way to let PowerPoint start in Windows with specific parameters like /F? It is OK if it would start every time with that parameter since this computer is really just a node where content is saved.

Answer 1

I had the same problem and I'm using Window 7 Embedded and Powerpoint Viewer 2010. If you are using Powerpoint Viewer 2010, you will have to install Office 2010 SP1 otherwise the presentation won't loop.

Add the switch /f to the registry keys

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPointViewer.Show.11\Shell\Show\Command 
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPointViewer.Show.12\Shell\Show\Command

It's probably not needed to edit both keys but I'm not sure which one is used.

The Default parameter for the registry keys should look something like

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\pptview.exe /f "%1"

Answer 2

I had to add the /f flag to the following keys to get PowerPoint Viewer to open in full screen.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPointViewer.SlideShow.11\shell\Show\command
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPointViewer.SlideShow.12\shell\Show\command

The suggestions in the accepted answer didn't work for me.

Answer 3

FYI it looks like these registry settings re-set themselves (maybe after updates?). Here are the contents of a regfile to easily re-apply:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPointViewer.Show.11\shell\Show\command]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\pptview.exe /f \"%1\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPointViewer.Show.12\shell\Show\command]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\pptview.exe /f \"%1\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPointViewer.SlideShow.11\shell\Show\command]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\pptview.exe /f \"%1\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PowerPointViewer.SlideShow.12\shell\Show\command]
@="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\pptview.exe /f \"%1\""

Answer 4

Microsoft PPT has the ability to save your powerpoint as a Windows Media Video (WMV) which can be initiated on startup in full screen mode and looping. It maybe a bit resource intensive but it's a quick fix