Right click and drag to create fence not working

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I have Fences v1.00.2787 installed on my Windows 7 Ultimate RTM x86 laptop. Fences has been working perfectly for some months until earlier this week when ability to right-click and drag to create a fence stopped working for me. Now, if I right-click on the desktop and drag, no rectangle is drawn, and when I release the mouse button I just see the usual desktop menu appear, with no option to create a new fence.

So, I've got ~30 icons on my desktop and no fences. The icons disappear and re-appear on double-clicking (so some of the Fences functionality is there), but I cannot create a Fence.

I e-mailed in the debug report earlier in the week but haven't had a response yet. Hence my trying this forum.

One thing I have noticed is that I don't have Impulse installed. Does Impulse have to be installed for Fences to have full functionality? If so, can I just download Impulse separately?

Regards,

/Neil

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yes, I'm having the same problem, Vista x64 on i7-920, HD4870-based system.  Vista fully updated with all updates, including .net 3.5.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Does Impulse have to be installed for Fences to have full functionality?
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No, Fences functions are independent of Impulse.  I'd say you have another issue going on, though I don't know what that would be.  Sorry.

However, you could try uninstalling the Fences standalone, installing Impulse and redownloading/installing Fences that way.  I can't say this is your answer but it's worth a try.

:)

Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm having the same problem and I'm using Win XP Home SP3.  I am currently using the free version and was about to buy the Pro version but found that both versions are supposed to allow unlimited Fenses.  I do have impulse installed so it would appear that Impulse is not an issue.  It seems that this is a problem with Fenses not any particular op sys.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Try to use left-click and drag your mouse:)

I met the same problem as yours. And I believe the designer considered that "right-click and drag" normally is used as selection. Now it is better. The only problem is that they forgot to revise the introduction.