A few questions...

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Hi,

6 years ago I was posting here that I was interested in Fences and was looking if it was possible to get it without Impusle. Then I found a free v1.0.1 from a review, ready to download. Today the same version is still installed on my Windows 7. I use it very basically, just 2-3 fences on desktop which never really moved all those years.

Then a few days ago I saw Fences was on Humble Bundle. After all those years I decided to spend some money on it, even if I currently don't need to update at all since current version does all what I need, like I said it's basic use, not extended. But you know, I was happy to contribute.

Now my questions are, I still haven't clicked the "Click the button to redeem on Stardock" button. How long I can keep it like this? Should I redeem now and use anytime later? This page says where I can download but I only see the free version. Again I want to avoid Impulse. Is the free trial version the same that once registered become full? I see it's 3.01 but I guess it will update to latest once installed.

I will probably want to install it only when I'll do the jump to Win10, which may take many months.

EDIT: I wonder why Microsoft never thought of adding something similar or better yet, just buy Fences from you to add it to their OS. Fences is a great utility to make a desktop looks clean and Microsoft usually like to improve in such ways so to me it would have been just logical from them to buy Fences.

Best Regards

fences
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

There is no free Fences I'm guessing this is a trial. The latest version is 3.03 and right now Stardock is having a sale $4.99 for Fences.

Impulse is not a Stardock product any more. It hasn't been for many years.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I bought it already, just want to know if I should redeem the code now or if I can wait until I want to install 3.x because it can take a while. Like I said I see no reason to upgrade from 1.01 to 3.03 now on my Windows 7 system.

And for the download, yeah I meant trial. Does that trial turn into a registered version when you input a registration number or I need to download another version?

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

When you purchased it you should have inserted the code before you bought it.

I believe when the trial is up you will see a box that says Enter your product key and Purchase a product key.

Hopefully a Moderator will see this and give you a definitive answer or contact StarDock support. I have never use a code or used a Stardock Trial. 

Personally if v1.01 works for you on Win7 stick with it but if you go to 10 you will have to upgrade.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

The code you have will always be usable for Fences 3.x only (so if a 4.x came out it wouldn't cover it), so there is no gain to not using it as it comes with all the 3.x updates included (so not a 12 month thing)

Personally I would upgrade to v3 now as v1 is very old and I think has known issues with starting up on Windows 7 (as in not starting up unless you right click on the desktop first?)

The trial on install will prompt you for your serial or you can start a trial.  During the trial there should be a button somewhere to enter your license key, or you can wait until the 30 day trial is up and enter it then.  Makes no difference.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

I clicked to redeem and got a 30 characters string (6x5) so I guess it will valid all time for any version 3 I'll use later.

Quoting Neil, reply 5

Personally I would upgrade to v3 now as v1 is very old and I think has known issues with starting up on Windows 7 (as in not starting up unless you right click on the desktop first?)
End of Neil's quote

Reading other threads here version 3 seems to give headaches to many while my version is running stable for 6 years now. |-)