Migrating ThinKiosk from using a Local Profile to using a Management Console

This article will outline the required steps to move from a Local Profile to a Management Server connection. #TK-KB10

Written by Giuseppe

Last published at: February 28th, 2024

ThinKiosk can be used as a standalone application and does not require a Management Server and Console connection to operate.

However, every machine will have to be configured manually and a profile must be configured locally for each machine or deployed using a deployment tool.

If you decide to use the Management Server and Console on a later stage, there are some simple keys you can modify to connect the already installed machine to the Management Console.

From the hive below :


Local Profile


add these two keys and replace the ConnectionType from 2 to 0 

( MgmtURI REG_SZ =https://YourServer/TSTMgmt) 

(MgmtDefaultSite REG_DWORD =1)


If a Custom Site is specified in the Console, make sure that MgmtPassword (REG_SZ)  and MgmtUsername (REG_SZ)   keys are also added :



Note: these keys are encrypted so make sure you copy the values from already connected clients and use the exact same keys.


Alternatively, if registry key modification is not an option, open the client where ThinKiosk is installed.

Launch a command prompt and type this command :


C:\Program Files (x86)\ThinKiosk>ThinKiosk.Setup.exe/reconfigure


Moving a client to a different Server


If you want to migrate a client from one server to another, you can follow the steps above or alternatively use this other method.

A  startup script :

where the MgmtUri is your Server URI

MgmtUsername is the site username retrieved from another, already connected client and 

MgmtPassword is the site password, retrieved from another, already connected, client.



Option Explicit

Dim objWSHShell

Set objWSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Dim brokerPath

brokerPath = "HKLM\SOFTWARE\ThinKiosk\ConnectionInfo\"

If Is32BitOS() = False Then

    brokerPath = "HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\ThinKiosk\ConnectionInfo\"

End If

objWSHShell.RegWrite brokerPath & "MgmtUri", "https://YOURSERVER/tstmgmt", "REG_SZ"

objWSHShell.RegWrite brokerPath & "MgmtUsername", "QZ9n36G907WCmP", "REG_SZ"

objWSHShell.RegWrite brokerPath & "MgmtPassword", "2TiRRmHbGSON4obWe8RzpdCGS9c", "REG_SZ"

Function Is32BitOS()

    If GetObject("winmgmts:root\cimv2:Win32_Processor='cpu0'").AddressWidth = 32 Then

        Is32BitOS = True

    Else

        Is32BitOS = False

    End If

End Function



Choose ThinScale Management Server and follow the steps.