Pix for icons in fences not filled in

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   I have the free version of Fences installed on a Windows 7 64-bit system.  The system has two monitors but the (6) fences are all displayed on the main monitor.  If I:

   1) Double-click on the desktop to hide all the fences

   2) Reboot (system comes up without fences showing, fine...)

   3) Double-click on the desktop to show the fences

   All the icons are shown with the "default" picture.  As I move the mouse over the icons they are refreshed to their proper value - or - if I hit F5 to refresh he desktop all the icons are refreshed to their proper value.

   I often see this same effect when I double-click to hide/show all fences with no rebooting.  In this case some of the icons will be OK and others will not.

   Let me know if you need more info.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

If, when the icons are the default, you unload Fences, what happens?

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

 

- If, when the icons are the default, you unload Fences, what happens?

Unload Fences?  Do you mean un-install?  If so, can I save my current fences definitions somehow and restore them on a re-install?

Also, one thing I didn't make clear on the initial post relates to the situation where icon pix can be lost without a reboot.  This does not happen if you double-click to hide and then immediately double-click to show.  It only happens when some time has passed while the fences are hidden and various apps have been run.  I haven't tried to narrow down the circumstances that cause this.

The effect of Hide-Reboot-Show does consistently lose the icon pix (until an F5 desktop refresh  - or - single icon pix are restored if the mouse pointer passes over them).

 

 

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Disable Fences:

 

Quoting Fences7415, reply 2
can I save my current fences definitions somehow and restore them on a re-install?
End of Fences7415's quote
Snapshots can be backed up before uninstalling . . but don't need to be for this test.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

OK, After a reboot I double-click on the desktop to show the fences (with the missing icon pix).  I then right-click on the desktop and pick "Configure Fences..." and as soon as the Fences config window is displayed all the left-hand icons in each fence get filled in, very strange!  Then if I uncheck config option "Enable Fences" the remaining icons gett filled in.

The config window I see is different than your screen-shot above, that's why I didn't notice the "Enable Fences" right away, it was under the "More Tools" section.  I'm using the free version v1.00.2787 and when I choose "Check for updates" I'm told I'm "Up to date".

Thanks for your quick response...

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I don't think that's the most recent free version.

Uninstall, run  http://sd.stardock.com/curtHendzell/clear_fences_settings.reg and then reinstall from http://download.cnet.com/Fences/3000-2072_4-10909535.html

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

OK - Doing the uninstall/download/install did the trick.  I guess the "Check For Updates" wasn't working in the version I was using.

Before un-installing I took a snapshot and saved it elsewhere. After the install I moved it to the new "Backups" folder and had no problem restoring the old layout.

Thanks again for the quick response...