Workaround for exactly setting color values for fences

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Just tried Fences and missed, like others, a way to set colors of multiple fences to an exact value. I figured out a workaround, using the Windows Registry:

Color values of the Fences Groups are stored here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Fences\Skinning

listet with names like "4Color", "5Color" and so on. This entries only exist if you had choosed an individual color to one or more groups before.

The value of the key is the hex value of the color transparency followed by the RGB values. E.g. ff00ff00 for a solid green. You can edit, copy and paste this values to any other group(s).

Note that the numbers of the groups (in my case) are individual numbers, not matching the group numbers you can find here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Fences\Groups

But in the last key you can find the group names and the matching numbers:

e.g.  a key has the name "2" and the value

4|316|136|540|613|0|System` |\\.\DISPLAY2` |0|0|2560|1440|1|0|255|0|` |-1|0|1|0|0|{7AAA5C05-79AA-422E-8CDE-6F3FA4749BF1} |

You see that this are the parametres of the group "System". The first number (4) is the internal number of this group. For color editing look in the .../Skinning key for the name "4Color".

 

Hope this can help.

Please be carefull with registry editing, is it at our own risk.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

This great.  I've started with what you shared and experimented more.

I've discovered that for "Folder Portals" you can point multiple all to the same Color Group, but don't do this with standard Fences, as they icons will disappear if you change the internal number.

For example, here are 3 color groups.

 

 

And here I have changed the "internal group" number on my folder portals to point to the same color group.