ReStart v1.5.0

Build something for your Start. ReStart 1.5.0 brings full web live tiles, a built-in editor and more control over your layout.

Create your own live tiles

• Use HTML, CSS and browser JavaScript, with SVG, Canvas, transparent backgrounds and four responsive tile sizes.
• Start from 19 editable examples, including Weather scene, System dashboard, News board and Canvas garden.
• Tile Studio includes theme-aware syntax highlighting, all four size previews, offline sample input, click testing, Tab/Shift+Tab indentation and offline Format document / Ctrl+Shift+F. Formatting is one undoable edit.
• News stories can scroll inside their own tile without scrolling the launcher. Live tile names can be hidden; they start enabled.
• The Orbit clock updates its hands from PC time between host refreshes.

Keep your layout under control

• Lock the whole layout or individual groups. Ctrl+Shift+L switches the global lock.
• Use Ctrl+E to select tiles, Ctrl+Arrow to move them, Ctrl+Shift+Arrow to move their group and Alt+1–4 to resize.
• Ordinary drops preview displaced tiles and groups before committing. Cancel to restore the original positions.
• A translucent copy of the tile, group or selection follows your pointer while the original is dimmed and the destination stays highlighted.
• Closed folders show consistent small-size live previews. Opening, closing and moving tiles preserve state and avoid reloading unrelated browser views.
• Folder icons fit their cells at different scales, including small tiles. Windows account pictures prefer the available high-resolution source.

Make Start yours

• Choose an image for ReStart independently of the desktop wallpaper.
• New and reset layouts use the bundled Month dots and Orbit clock.
• Optional startup update checks show a dismissible notice when a newer release is available. Updates still install manually, without an API key.
• Deleting app data while ReStart is running no longer silently recreates the removed settings or tile sources.

Download and update

Choose ReStart-win-x64.zip for Intel/AMD PCs or ReStart-win-arm64.zip for Windows on ARM. Extract the entire ZIP. Companion SHA-256 files are attached, along with the 60-second English product demonstration.

Close ReStart before replacing the complete extracted application package. Your layout and settings remain in the separate local app-data directory. HTML tiles require the Microsoft WebView2 Runtime; no separate .NET installation is needed for the portable builds.

Existing native JavaScript packages remain supported. Installed tile packages are editable copies and are not overwritten by an application update. Add a fresh bundled tile to try an updated example, or apply the desired changes to your installed copy.