Fences Portals

Aero Problem

from Stardock Forums

Fences seems to load ok a little slow, but the problem is in portals. Everytime I reboot I have to re-enable aero to get them to finish loading and startup. After this all works well until next reboot, then repeat. I am running WB 7 and have tried several blinds but none seem to change anything. Acts like something in WB7 is not enabling aero or is turning it off.

I assumed that most if not all Blinds are aero themes. I have even reset to Windows Aero Default and same problem. Any ideas on this quirk?? By the way this is on Fences 2.0.

 

Running:

Win7 x64

AMD Quad Core 9600

8gig ram

Ati GT  7650

2-24" Monitors

1 gig harddrive

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Nearly two years later, and I'm experiencing exactly the same problem Saytar reported on a fresh install of Fences 2 trial version.  This does not bode well.  Stardock, are you paying any attention to this?  Why has this not been resolved after two years?

Running:

Win 7 Pro x64

Intel i7 920

6 GB RAM

nVidia GeForce GTX 780 

Two 24" monitors

 

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I didn't use Fences when I was running WB 7 but WB 8.2 is the current version.  Have you tried updating?

It seems unlikely that fences requires Aero to run since that's not supported in Windows 8.   

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

@gevansmd,

 

Clarification - I'm not running WindowBlinds, only Fences 2.  I misinterpreted OP's "WB 7" reference as Windows 7 Basic.

Any idea why having a portal fence breaks Windows Aero?

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Oh I see.  And I messed up the version numbers anyway.  It's Deskscapes that's at 8.2.  Windowblinds is at 8.06.

Since no one else is responding and I'm at a loss myself, I suggest you open up a support ticket. 

Also you might try one of MS's FixIt programs.  There might be one that handles aero.  In fact here it is:  http://support2.microsoft.com/mats/aero_effects_not_working

Good luck!

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

a_username: I would run the Aero troubleshooter in Windows 7, see if that can give you any details about Aero.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks for the tips!  I'll see if Microsoft's tools are any help before opening a ticket.