Losing shortcuts to network Drives and files in Fences 2.01

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When rebooting my computer (windows 7), I lose all of my icons in fences (paid, v. 2.01) that are shortcuts to network drives or files.

As this did not happen prior to fences installation I am guessing that the Fences startup forces a 'check' on the shortcuts before the automatic mapping of network drives occurs in windows. 

I can keep a copy of the shortcuts elsewhere and recopy them into the fences after each rebooot or recover layouts from snapshots, but obviously neither are optimal solutions. 

Are there any suggestions for potential workarounds or fixes?

 

Thanks.

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

This has actually been happening since the old 1.x version of Fences.  I reported the issue months ago as having been in the 2.0 version as well, and was assured it was in the bugtracker database for fixing.

At this point, I'm beginning to wonder if Fences isn't simply a part-time project for a single programmer.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

It's still happening to me under Win 7 - but it wasn't under Win XP !

I've just had to recreate all of 1 fence of network shortcuts - fortunately it's less than 10 of them but sill annoying.

Go figure......

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

I have the same issue with Windows 7.  My network shortcuts are being removed somehow.  This would be a good thing to resolve.