New icons appear on display3 w/auto-arrange off

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I have a three display setup with the displays numbered as shown below from left to right as Display3-Display1-Display2.  My primary display is the center Display1.   Prior to using Fences, my new icons would appear on the left edge of Display1.  After installing Fences, my new icons appear on the left edge of Display3.  I use Display3 as a more-or-less permanent browser position, so the icons wind up under my browser window.

I can cause the new icons to appear in Display1 by turning on "Auto Arrange Icons" in windows, but this means that I can no longer arbitrarily arrange icons on my general display space.  Instead everything is snapped to the left edge.  Like most folks, I like things my way, so I'd lke to have new icons appear at the left edge of my main Display1, but not have to turn on "Auto Arrange Icons".  Is there any way to do this?

I've seen references in the forum about changing a registry setting to specify a main display, but I've tried it an it doesn't appear to have any affect.  I am running Win7 and Fences version 2.13.

 

Thanks

 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

This is a fix, until something better is said:

Create a new fence at the left edge of display 1. In the settings for the new fence, choose to put all new icons in that fence. Voila!

 

You can then move the icons to any fence you want.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I did consider doing just what you suggested, but I was hoping that I could let my newly created (often temporary) icons just be "unfenced", but on my main Display1 until I decide what to do with them.  Depending on what I am doing, it could be quite a few icons.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Well, they could appear unfenced, if you made the fence transparent.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

True,  I could creat an invisible Fence, but even inside a Fence, the icons want to arrange themselves.  I want to cluster them in the way it makes sense to me without having to create a fence for every circumstance.  Remember I'm using my general desktop space as just a place to accumulate files/icons for later disposition.  There is a logical grouping to them, but not always fence-hassle-worthy.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

You can reaarange the icons in a fence as you wish. But they will be in a grid.