How do I get my original desktop back after my wife said yes to a nag screen about Fences

I had to restore my computer from the back up

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I spent two days setting up a new HP laptop computer .  I then gave it to my wife, she answered yes to a nag screen about Fences.  That removed all the software I had spent two days installing and I then had to reinstall the operating system from the restore partition to get my desktop back.

The first thing I did then was uninstall Fences with windows uninstall from the control panel .... can anyone tell me if that got rid of fences or do I need to go through some other uninstall to get rid of this piece of crap software.

It is to late for any answer to help me get my desktop back .... but it may be of help for someone else..

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It is to late for any answer to help me get my desktop back .... but it may be of help for someone else..

Ignoring the 'issue' of allowing someone else to allow something to be installed on YOUR computer....

.....Fences will NOT have "removed all the software I had spent two days installing".

At 'worst' the install may [through user error] cause your existing desktop icons to not show without at least a system reboot. 

Probably the only correct part of your statement is it's now 'too late' as you lost your program installs with the system restore you undertook.

 

The help for others is to NOT assume a restore is needed WITHOUT seeking assistance first....;)

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 1
The help for others is to NOT assume a restore is needed WITHOUT seeking assistance first...

Best advice there is.

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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I had to restore my computer from the back up

or perhaps making a post on these forums prior to going through all that if you have a question.  Anyway, I'm a tech nerd and I get it - computer problem = fixed by a restore, but obviously you could have saved yourself quite a bit of time with an inquiry. 

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

That removed all the software I had spent two days installing and I then had to reinstall the operating system from the restore partition to get my desktop back.

Do you mean that all the icons on the desktop were missing? If that's the case, then simply double-clicking the desktop would have resolved the problem. Double-clicking on the desktop toggles the quick-hide feature.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I think Dewie found "the problem".

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Dewie, reply 5

That removed all the software I had spent two days installing and I then had to reinstall the operating system from the restore partition to get my desktop back.


Do you mean that all the icons on the desktop were missing? If that's the case, then simply double-clicking the desktop would have resolved the problem. Double-clicking on the desktop toggles the quick-hide feature.

I started to suggest that as the first response but thought it too obvious to be helpful...lol.  That, IMHO, is the single most beneficial aspect of Fences. I love the quick-hide feature!

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 8
I started to suggest that as the first response but thought it too obvious to be helpful...lol.

I was 'hoping' it wasn't quite that simple...as that is the function of Fences ....;)

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 9

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 8I started to suggest that as the first response but thought it too obvious to be helpful...lol.

I was 'hoping' it wasn't quite that simple...as that is the function of Fences ....

Actually, is it the function of Fences? For some it probably is, but I certainly don't use it that way. Rather, I use it to automatically place icons in a fence and to have the fence not appear unless I mouse over it. I never use the double click feature to show/hide the icons. And, certainly, someone NEW to fences might not know about the double click feature. I didn't until I discovered it accidentally by double clicking the desktop weeks after starting to use it. Typically I have one Fence visible with some things like the recycle bin and whatnot, everything else is in several transparent fences in easy to remember locations: applications in one fence, current work documents in another, etc. that are transparent by default. Only when I mouse over them do I see them.

Long story short, never assume as it could make a "donkey" out of U and Me ;)

 

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting xinh2, reply 10
Long story short, never assume as it could make a "donkey" out of U and Me

I wasn't 'assuming' anything...I was 'hoping'.

Had the Op NOT allowed someone other than himself to install a proggy without knowing its function, ie. had investigated its use and features then the disappearance of desktop icons would not have been seen as a symptom of 'disaster' but a function/feature of the product itself.

And yes, it's a function of Fences [one of them] ...;)