Hi,

I'm on Windows 7, .. and am experiencing the same lag since updating to Fences 3.04.12 yesterday.

Likewise, if I disable Fences, .. then the lag disappears.

Very frustrating ..

Hope there's a fix, .. or some resolve soon.

Alternatively, . is there any way to roll back to 3.03 ?

Cheers

Tom

I can confirm reverting back to Version 3.03 fixes the lag problem. Sigh.

Thanks for reporting this.

Please contact support so we can see what you have in common.

https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/default_import/Tickets/Submit

If you are using an Intel graphics card the issue may be with it's entry in the right-click menu.

If you are comfortable with tweaking the registry you can download the following, unzip it, and double-click and it will disable that entry and should resolve the issue.

(it changes the entry from {9B5F5829-A529-4B12-814A-E81BCB8D93FC} to -{9B5F5829-A529-4B12-814A-E81BCB8D93FC} so restoration is easy)

 http://sd.stardock.com/support/DisableIntelContextMenu.zip

I'm having this issue on Windows 10 with a Nvidia based card as well.  I had to disable my Fences because when I double clicked icons it was hiding my icons instead of opening the program.

Please right-click on the desktop and take a screenshot of the menu.

Upload it somewhere and link to it here

(Or, send ti to support)

I mean that.  Thanks.

I tried the first batch file and it gives an error.

Fences appears to stay enabled after doing this.  I'll try restarting the computer to see if that makes a difference.

Edit: I should note that when I disable Fences the "normal way" through the preferences screen, that the lag does go away.

I also am suffering with very slow response time with Fences 3.0.4.12 on Windows 10 Version 1703 (OS Build 15063.296) 64-bit. I have Nvidia based chipset integrated graphics (slow).

This delay affects every interaction with icons: left clicks, right clicks, drags, and double clicks.  Double clicks on an icon often trigger the hide all icons feature as well. There is no delay when Fences is disabled.

So I fired up Sysinternals Process Monitor and spied on explorer.exe while Fences was running. There was significant registry accesses during clicking on items on the desktop.

There were two frequently repeated patterns that were not present when Fences was disabled.

The first sequence iterates through all the items on the desktop and executes some registry writes:

6:15:27.5919416 PM explorer.exe 6240 RegQueryKey HKCU SUCCESS Query: HandleTags, HandleTags: 0x0

6:15:27.5919989 PM explorer.exe 6240 RegCreateKey HKCU\Software\Stardock\Fences\Icons SUCCESS Desired Access: All Access, Disposition: REG_OPENED_EXISTING_KEY

6:15:27.5920722 PM explorer.exe 6240 RegSetValue HKCU\Software\Stardock\Fences\Icons\<Path to an Icon on the desktop> SUCCESS Type: REG_SZ, Length: 160, Data: 6|2195|1256|21|2|0|1600|0|\\.\DISPLAY2|0|2147483647|30255323|Explorer.EXE|0|0|0

6:15:27.5921288 PMexplorer.exe6240RegCloseKeyHKCU\Software\Stardock\Fences\IconsSUCCESS

Executed for each of the 187 icons on my desktop it takes about 210ms total time for the sequence on my machine. This sequence executes twice for each item I click on. (Once when the icon is selected and one when deselected? Not sure.) That's about 420ms total time per click.

The next sequence seems to have something to do with showing the version number of Windows on the corner of the desktop.

6:15:29.7445157 PM explorer.exe 6240 RegQueryKey HKLM SUCCESS Query: HandleTags, HandleTags: 0x0

6:15:29.7445688 PM explorer.exe 6240 RegOpenKey HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows SUCCESS Desired Access: Query Value

6:15:29.7446133 PM explorer.exe 6240 RegQueryValue HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\DisplayVersion NAME NOT FOUND Length: 144

6:15:29.7446526 PMexplorer.exe6240RegCloseKeyHKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WindowsSUCCESS

6:15:29.7447019 PM explorer.exe 6240 RegOpenKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\Certificates\2BD63D28D7BCD0E251195AEB519243C13142EBC3 NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read, Maximum Allowed

6:15:29.7447566 PM explorer.exe 6240 RegOpenKey HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\Certificates\2BD63D28D7BCD0E251195AEB519243C13142EBC3 NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read, Maximum Allowed

6:15:29.7448123 PM explorer.exe 6240 RegOpenKey HKCU\\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\Certificates\2BD63D28D7BCD0E251195AEB519243C13142EBC3 NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Read, Maximum Allowed

6:15:29.7448536 PM explorer.exe 6240 RegQueryKey HKCU SUCCESS Query: HandleTags, HandleTags: 0x0

6:15:29.7448987 PM explorer.exe 6240 RegOpenKey HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop SUCCESS Desired Access: Query Value

6:15:29.7449342 PM explorer.exe 6240 RegQueryValue HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\PaintDesktopVersion SUCCESS Type: REG_DWORD, Length: 4, Data: 0

6:15:29.7449813 PMexplorer.exe6240RegCloseKeyHKCU\Control Panel\DesktopSUCCESS

This sequence repeats at intervals of about 11ms. (Every time the desktop is repainted?) It is repeated 50 times for every icon I click on for about 550ms total per click.

Altogether these two sequences seem to account for about 970ms or almost one second of delay per click. Which seems about right. 

The latest beta is released with bug fixes.

You can read about it and download at https://forums.stardock.com/483312/Fences-305-beta-now-available

I already posted in the official release thread but yes, the lag is still there on the beta version.

Any news ? 3.05.12 still has this problem. Any workaround ?

This is definitely disappointing to hear. I'm new to using Fences (honestly, I can't believe I never used it earlier!) and have it now working nicely on my Windows 8.1 x64 computer. I was finally going to update to Windows 10 as I will be purchasing a new SSD – so this news is disappointing. Hopefully the issues will get worked out soon enough. There is something about responsiveness; navigating your desktop with an instant/precise feel...