Tiles

Tiles are the elements you see at the right of the DirectStart.

They are meant to resemble the Windows 8.1's Start Screen tiles.

They can be customized by editing the following file: %USERPROFILE%\DirectStart\Tiles\Layout.xml

To edit this file, i recommend using Notepad++

The following options can be specified:

• Path
• PathMetro
• Size
• TileColor
• IsLiveTileEnabled

1. Path is the local path to the .lnk (shortcut file) that the user wants to display on the tile.

Example:

C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Supermium.lnk

2. PathMetro

This is currently a placeholder. In the future, this will contain the PackageID of the pinned metro app.

3. Size "Size" is the size of the pinned tile. It can be choosen between these values:

1. Small (1x1)
2. Normal (2x2)
3. Wide (2x4)
4. Large (4x4)

If the value here is not specified, the "Normal" size will be used

4. Color its the color of the pinned tile. For now, it can be choosen from the following values:

        Blue
        Teal
        Pumpkin
        LightGreen
        PaleGreen
        Gray
        Purple
        Pink
        Red
        Black

If the "Color" value is unspecified, the color will be automatically calculated from the icon, and the closest color choosen.

5. IsLiveTileEnabled

This also a placeholder for now. Its meant to be a bool deciding if the live tile is enabled or not in the future releases.