Fences starting twice at start-up?

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I notice that "Fences Settings" appears twice in Start-up (via Task Manager). After some digging I found 2 entries that start Fences Settings:

a. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run (in the registry)

b. C:\Users\<my user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Both start "c:\program files (x86)\stardock\fences\fences.exe", but the registry entry has a parameter "/startup".

Is this intended?

 

(I'm running Windows 8 Pro 64 bit and Fences 2.01)

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm also running Windows 8 Pro 64 Bit and Fences 2.01.  My system has frozen on my a number of times over the past 6 - 8 weeks (intermittently) and i'm disabling a number of items through the taskbar>starup tab.

I too notice two idential instances of " Fences Settings" expanding both of these reveals "Windows host process (rundll32)"

 

Is it safe to disable one of these cause i'm not sure why there would be two?

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It is (was) intended.

I think it was done to address a timing issue.

I believe you can disable one without a problem.

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