diff --git a/plugins/geenforce/seed_display_scope.py b/plugins/geenforce/seed_display_scope.py
index 17821fe..d6edb3b 100644
--- a/plugins/geenforce/seed_display_scope.py
+++ b/plugins/geenforce/seed_display_scope.py
@@ -218,16 +218,54 @@ try {{
         ForEach-Object {{ Stop-Process -Id $_.ProcessId -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; Write-Host "killed old-URL kiosk Edge pid $($_.ProcessId)" }}
 }} catch {{}}
 
-$edgeArgs = "--kiosk `"$kioskUrl`" --edge-kiosk-type=fullscreen"
+# 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 $vbs -Encoding ASCII
+
+# Startup shortcut launches the VBS via wscript (windowless), which waits then
+# opens Edge. TargetPath is wscript, not Edge, so the connectivity wait runs.
+$wscript = Join-Path $env:WINDIR 'System32\\wscript.exe'
 $lnkPath = Join-Path $startup 'ShopDB Kiosk.lnk'
 $lnk = $shell.CreateShortcut($lnkPath)
-$lnk.TargetPath = $edge
-$lnk.Arguments = $edgeArgs
-$lnk.WorkingDirectory = Split-Path -Parent $edge
-$lnk.WindowStyle = 3
+$lnk.TargetPath = $wscript
+$lnk.Arguments = '"' + $launcherPath + '"'
+$lnk.WorkingDirectory = $launcherDir
+$lnk.WindowStyle = 7
 $lnk.Description = "ShopDB kiosk display: $kioskUrl"
 $lnk.Save()
-Write-Host "display-type '$displayType' -> kiosk Startup shortcut for $kioskUrl"
+Write-Host "display-type '$displayType' -> kiosk Startup launcher (waits for $kioskUrl)"
 """