# Prevent Multiple Workstation Sessions

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/prevent-multiple-workstation-sessions/94843>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [August 19, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/prevent-multiple-workstation-sessions/94843 "2024-08-19T22:39:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![andrewbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@andrewbrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrewbrown)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/prevent-multiple-workstation-sessions/94843/1 "2024-08-19T22:39:17Z")

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Hi All,

Is there any known way to stop multiple perspective workstation sessions from opening.  
It seems the operators like to open multiple sessions through the launcher.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/d/0d998a703ef1903ef960a99c7b3ec4a81c8c5809.jpeg)

There doesn't appear to be a way to auto close the launcher or to restrict this simply.  
\*I dont want to do anything with on launch killing sessions etc.

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**Author:** ![amy.sudibyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amy.sudibyo/32/38659_2.png) [@amy.sudibyo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amy.sudibyo)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/prevent-multiple-workstation-sessions/94843/2 "2024-08-19T22:52:11Z")

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Do they need to use the client device for anything else? If not you could use kiosk mode

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/prevent-multiple-workstation-sessions/94843/3 "2024-08-19T23:06:03Z")

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There's no way to do this within Workstation itself (other than kiosk mode as Amy mentioned) but you can certainly script something _outside_ Ignition to do this, at the OS level. If you're on a Windows system, consider AutoHotKey.

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**Author:** ![Joel\_Farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f08c70/32.png) [@Joel\_Farley](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Joel_Farley)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/prevent-multiple-workstation-sessions/94843/4 "2024-08-20T00:49:06Z")

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It looks like they are still using Chrome for some other tasks on that computer, so kiosk wouldn't be appropriate. It might be best to create a shortcut on the desktop for the project that they use and remove any shortcuts for the launcher. This way there is only one button to press to get to their project.