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ReStart 1.4.0 expands Start search, native app commands and navigation, with individual switches for the behavior you want.

New

  • Search beyond apps. Find fifteen localized Windows settings pages and local filenames already indexed by Windows. App results appear immediately; delayed file results preserve your selection. Either provider can be disabled.
  • Choose how apps launch. Configure additional arguments, a working directory and administrator execution per desktop tile. Windows handles elevation consent. Available app menus can also show Recent/Frequent documents, respecting Windows history settings.
  • Make the sidebar yours. Enable hover expansion and choose Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos, Network or your personal folder. Recently added is optional; Most used is opt-in and keeps clearable activity locally.
  • Control interaction feedback. Toggle drag hints, dwell progress, edge scrolling, automatic grouping/folder creation, group hover boundaries and tile hover highlighting independently. Tile press and folder reveal motion respect animation/accessibility settings.

Fixes

  • Sidebar glyphs keep the same size and position when navigation expands.
  • Select tiles now lives in the sidebar and background context menu, with Ctrl+E still available. Its eight-language wording explains multi-selection; normal tile/group dragging remains available at all times.
  • Group deletion, layout import/reset and power confirmations follow the app theme, with localized Yes/No actions and No as the keyboard default.
  • Expanded folders now reserve the width actually occupied by their contents, so a neighboring group outside that footprint stays in place.
  • Search keeps the highlighted result consistent with Enter and arrow-key actions when asynchronous results arrive.
  • Local app history stays separate from alphabetical folder navigation.
  • Native launch actions handle declined elevation and preserve shortcut arguments and working directories.

Documentation and maintenance

  • README guides are available in English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Translated guides are marked as AI-assisted and link to the English source. Reference documentation, repository policies and portable-package guidance use English consistently.
  • Full-screen English screenshots and animation show real application icons, ordinary app tiles, folders and live tiles using isolated demonstration data.
  • Language selectors are centered in every README; launcher images and animation reflect the current sidebar and selection controls.
  • Source and tests are organized by responsibility, with checks for API documentation, project dependencies, README links and private data.

Download and update

  • Intel/AMD Windows PCs: ReStart-win-x64.zip
  • Windows on ARM: ReStart-win-arm64.zip
  • Each ZIP has a matching .sha256 file for integrity verification.

Exit ReStart, extract the entire ZIP and replace the complete installation, keeping TileHost, Examples and third-party beside ReStart.exe. Settings and layouts remain in the local application-data folder, with upgrade backups. Update startup/Explorer registration if you move the executable. No separate .NET installation is required.

The release is checked with 285 automated tests, Windows native interaction fixtures and clean x64/ARM64 packages. ARM64 packages are cross-built; physical ARM64 testing remains separate.

Full changelog: v1.3.1...v1.4.0

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