# How do I Restart my swf?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-restart-my-swf/255812>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 27, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-restart-my-swf/255812 "2008-03-27T09:13:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-restart-my-swf/255812/1 "2008-03-27T09:13:33Z")

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I made an animation. When it gets to the end I need a button script that will replay the movie. I tried:

on(release) {  
\_root.gotoAndPlay(1);  
}

But this script only restarts the main time line. I have nested movieclips that don’t get restarted. Is there a simple solution to this?