diff --git a/plugins/geenforce/seed_display_scope.py b/plugins/geenforce/seed_display_scope.py
index d6edb3b..fe05f94 100644
--- a/plugins/geenforce/seed_display_scope.py
+++ b/plugins/geenforce/seed_display_scope.py
@@ -218,54 +218,21 @@ try {{
         ForEach-Object {{ Stop-Process -Id $_.ProcessId -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; Write-Host "killed old-URL kiosk Edge pid $($_.ProcessId)" }}
 }} catch {{}}
 
-# WHY a launcher, not a direct Edge shortcut: at auto-login the shortcut fires
-# before the network is up, so Edge --kiosk navigates to nothing and sits on a
-# blank WHITE page with no retry. This VBS waits (hidden, no console flash -
-# wscript has no window) until the kiosk URL actually responds, THEN launches
-# Edge fullscreen, so the first paint is the real page. Gives up after ~3 min
-# and launches anyway so a display is never left dark.
-$launcherDir = Join-Path $env:ProgramData 'ShopDB'
-if (-not (Test-Path $launcherDir)) {{ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $launcherDir -Force | Out-Null }}
-$launcherPath = Join-Path $launcherDir 'Start-ShopdbKiosk.vbs'
-$vbsTemplate = @'
-Option Explicit
-Dim kioskUrl, edgePath, i, reachable, http, shell
-kioskUrl = "__URL__"
-edgePath = "__EDGE__"
-reachable = False
-For i = 1 To 60
-  On Error Resume Next
-  Set http = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP.6.0")
-  http.SetTimeouts 5000, 5000, 5000, 5000
-  http.Open "GET", kioskUrl, False
-  http.Send
-  If Err.Number = 0 Then
-    If http.Status >= 200 And http.Status < 400 Then reachable = True
-  End If
-  On Error GoTo 0
-  If reachable Then Exit For
-  WScript.Sleep 3000
-Next
-Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
-Dim q
-q = Chr(34)
-shell.Run q & edgePath & q & " --kiosk " & q & kioskUrl & q & " --edge-kiosk-type=fullscreen", 1, False
-'@
-$vbs = $vbsTemplate.Replace('__URL__', $kioskUrl).Replace('__EDGE__', $edge)
-Set-Content -LiteralPath $launcherPath -Value $vbs -Encoding ASCII
+# remove a stale VBS launcher from an earlier build (kiosk now uses a direct
+# Edge shortcut again). Harmless if absent.
+$staleVbs = Join-Path (Join-Path $env:ProgramData 'ShopDB') 'Start-ShopdbKiosk.vbs'
+if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $staleVbs) {{ Remove-Item -LiteralPath $staleVbs -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }}
 
-# Startup shortcut launches the VBS via wscript (windowless), which waits then
-# opens Edge. TargetPath is wscript, not Edge, so the connectivity wait runs.
-$wscript = Join-Path $env:WINDIR 'System32\\wscript.exe'
+$edgeArgs = "--kiosk `"$kioskUrl`" --edge-kiosk-type=fullscreen"
 $lnkPath = Join-Path $startup 'ShopDB Kiosk.lnk'
 $lnk = $shell.CreateShortcut($lnkPath)
-$lnk.TargetPath = $wscript
-$lnk.Arguments = '"' + $launcherPath + '"'
-$lnk.WorkingDirectory = $launcherDir
-$lnk.WindowStyle = 7
+$lnk.TargetPath = $edge
+$lnk.Arguments = $edgeArgs
+$lnk.WorkingDirectory = Split-Path -Parent $edge
+$lnk.WindowStyle = 3
 $lnk.Description = "ShopDB kiosk display: $kioskUrl"
 $lnk.Save()
-Write-Host "display-type '$displayType' -> kiosk Startup launcher (waits for $kioskUrl)"
+Write-Host "display-type '$displayType' -> kiosk Startup shortcut for $kioskUrl"
 """