Fences Pro and PGP

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Hello,

Ther eis a problem w/ Fences Pro and PGP. Specifically the PGP shredder icon. I *believe* the problem arises in that PGP generates the shredder icon on every reboot. So when I rebbot the icon is always out of the fence I placed it in. I was wondering, if there is a way to specify a single icon  (not file type but a specific icon) to be moved into a specific fence? If not could we put this ona req. list? I can see it being useful for drives as well (such as USB card readers and/or CD-DVDs) in Win 7 since you can specify a drive not to be visible unless there is a disk/memory card in it. Thanks.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

You could set up a sorting rule based on the name of the shortcut.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

O.k. Thanks. I will try that. Another question I have is how are rules applied? For example the user folder is in quick links but I have a rule to move all folders to the "Folder" fence. When I apply the rules my user folder is moved into "Folders". I added a rule to move the folder back based on its name. However, applying the rules left the user folder in the folder fence. I have the rule set to run after the folder sorting rule. I would think then what should happen is: Fences starts -> all folders are moved into the "folder fence" -> the user folder is then moved back out to quicklinks. However, this is not happenig.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Are you talking about a link to your user folder on the desktop?  This would be different than a folder actually located on the desktop.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Yes, a link to my user folder on the desktop (actually the link placed there by windows itself.)

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting TheRealFEI, reply 4
Yes, a link to my user folder on the desktop (actually the link placed there by windows itself.)
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Yes, this makes sense then because what you're seeing is a shortcut(.lnk) and not an actual directory.  Your user directory actually lives in C:\Users and not on the desktop, so this would not get sorted with the other folders.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

O.k. tried the rule using names and it does not work. The "Shredder" icon is not moved. As for the user folder, I don't want it sorted with the other folders. However, fences keeps sorting it w/ the other folders

"Yes, this makes sense then because what you're seeing is a shortcut(.lnk) and not an actual directory."

P.S. The user folder icon on the desktop is a shortcut but it is not a .lnk file. So not sure what you are talking about.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

So no resolution on this issue? Support is just dropping it?

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

P.S. The user folder icon on the desktop is a shortcut but it is not a .lnk file. So not sure what you are talking about.
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Any shortcut is actually a .lnk file, Windows just suppresses showing the extension.

The "Shredder" icon is not moved.
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Is that the user folder shortcut, or another icon?

I don't want it sorted with the other folders. However, fences keeps sorting it w/ the other folders

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It's possible conflicting sort rules are set up.  Can you please contact support@stardock.com so we can get more in depth info?