Mouse pointer issue with Fences 3 on W7

Mouse pointer sets to "Working in Background" after upgrade to Feces 3 on Win7

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Hi There,

Since upgrading to Fences 3 on my W10 PCs I have really appreciated the products new features.  Now I have upgraded my Fences on my W7 machine too.  It all works fine except in W7 except when my mouse hovers over the desktop (in a region that is not a fence) it now shows as "Working in Background" with the spinning circle by the pointer.  This has only happened since the Fences install.  Any ideas on how to resolve this would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Marcus

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Actually after a few reboots I use the computer this morning and the issue seems to have gone away.  So please ignore this post.

 

Thanks,

 

Marcus

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

I'd suggest, for future releases, to avoid changing the mouser pointer during background operations, because this causes users to wonder what's happening while the "busy" mouse pointer shows up suddenly. It takes a while until we can figure it's just Fences doing some background work. Until that, we can only think of virus, trojans or so. Nothing confortable.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

After disabling Fences 3, I've had the same problem. The mouse cursor was very sluggish.

It wasn't possible to restart the pc. I have to used the on/off button. I really thought of virus, trojans or so.