Kiosk Mode & RemoteApp

I have a Windows 8.1 RT tablet that I'd like to allow users to run one of our kiosk desktop applications. We are using RemoteApp to publish it (from WS2012 Essentials). The application is designed to run in kiosk mode (a feature of the application)
and it works well. However, because I am running it as a RemoteApp on a tablet, users can still swipe in from the side to get the charms bar or tap the Windows icon on the tablet to bypass the kiosk mode.
I tried to be sneaky and use the built in kiosk mode of 8.1 and allow the Modern app Remote Desktop (published by Microsoft) for a local user. This does actually run Remote Desktop and properly lists the RemoteApp as one the Work Resources. However, it won't
let me open it.
I just want to run this RemoteApp on the tablet and restrict users from bypassing it. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Here are the event Logs:
APPS
Level Date and Time Source Event ID Task Category
Information 4/2/2014 10:52:25 AM Microsoft-Windows-Immersive-Shell 5950 (5950) The app Microsoft.RemoteDesktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.RemoteDesktopClient was activated for the Windows.Launch contract successfully.
Information 4/2/2014 10:52:25 AM Microsoft-Windows-Immersive-Shell 5950 (5950) The app Microsoft.RemoteDesktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.RemoteDesktopClient was activated for the Windows.Launch contract successfully.
Information 4/2/2014 10:52:25 AM Microsoft-Windows-Immersive-Shell 5950 (5950) The app Microsoft.RemoteDesktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.RemoteDesktopClient was activated for the Windows.Launch contract successfully.
Information 4/2/2014 10:52:22 AM Microsoft-Windows-Immersive-Shell 5950 (5950) The app Microsoft.RemoteDesktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.RemoteDesktopClient was activated for the Windows.Launch contract successfully.
Information 4/2/2014 10:52:22 AM Microsoft-Windows-Immersive-Shell 5950 (5950) The app Microsoft.RemoteDesktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.RemoteDesktopClient was activated for the Windows.Launch contract successfully.
Information 4/2/2014 10:52:21 AM Microsoft-Windows-Immersive-Shell 5950 (5950) The app Microsoft.RemoteDesktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.RemoteDesktopClient was activated for the Windows.Launch contract successfully.
Information 4/2/2014 10:52:21 AM Microsoft-Windows-Immersive-Shell 5950 (5950) The app Microsoft.RemoteDesktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.RemoteDesktopClient was activated for the Windows.Launch contract successfully.
Information 4/2/2014 10:52:20 AM Microsoft-Windows-Immersive-Shell 5950 (5950) The app Microsoft.RemoteDesktop_8wekyb3d8bbwe!Microsoft.RemoteDesktopClient was activated for the Windows.Launch contract successfully.
Administrative Events
Level Date and Time Source Event ID Task Category
Error 4/2/2014 10:52:46 AM Microsoft-Windows-EmbeddedAppLauncher 10025 Embedded App Launcher Failed to create the launcher: Unknown HResult Error code: 0x410498

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