Desktop lag with fences enabled

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I'm getting desktop lag when I have fences enabled.  For example, the selection rectangle won't appear for awhile after I've let go of the left mouse button.  Switching pages is especially bad, I have to hold left and right mouse for at least a second before I can start switching the desktop page.  The animation isn't smooth at all either.  This issue does not persist if I disable fences.  I have tried doing a purge but that hasn't helped.

Any tips are greatly appreciated, thanks!

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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Thank you for the reply.  I tried the steps instructed but they didn't help with the issue.  I went tweaking around on my own and found that the issue was caused by one (or maybe a few) of my icons.  I deleted all my icons and made new ones and the issue appears fixed.  No idea how it was happening.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

May I know what are those icons and what it link to?

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I can't say which icons specifically caused the issue as I just wholesale deleted them all and remade them but I can give you a list of the icon types I did have.

 

1. Regular Icons that link to programs.  This includes programs like Prime95, Heaven Benchmark, Cinebench, ect

2. Drive/folder Icons that link to a commonly used drive / folder.  Things like my Music folder, video folder, work folder, ect.

3. Symbolic Links.  I have a few of these to make it easier to access everything all in one location on the desktop.

 

I have about 130 icons on my desktop split between 15 fences. If you need more details then that just ask, I'll provide what I can.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

okay.. so as you said you have rebuild all the 15 fences with all the 130 icons in it? If so, there is no point to dig deeper.

Thanks for your report. :thumbsup: