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Continuos crashing on Windows 10 x64 20H2

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Continuos crashing on Windows 10 x64 20H2

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I just upgrade to the latest Windows 10 x64 20H2 and after that Fences continues to crash until I stop and uninstall the program 😭

Is this a know issue and is there a fix in the mix? 😁

Friendly regards
Stefan B. Christensen

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Reply #26 from Stardock Forums Top

After two attempts and one more windows update it now works on reinstall. I have no idea what was going on, but thank you.

Reply #27 from Stardock Forums Top

Im having the same issue with Explorer but my setting are correct and still I get the issue.    I even killed the process and restarted it from the command line and still it shows the same error.

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Reply #28 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting hippycraig, reply 27

Im having the same issue with Explorer but my setting are correct and still I get the issue.    I even killed the process and restarted it from the command line and still it shows the same error.
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Try this:
https://forums.stardock.com/506034/get;3812665

PLEASE let us know if that same fix works for you.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #30 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting hippycraig, reply 29

So it looks like a shortcut to a google search was the issue.
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Thank you for the confirmation.  We will likely have a fixed pushed today.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #31 from Stardock Forums Top

ok i have a Laptop with the same issue if your going to push an update today I can see if that fixes it on that machine

let me know when you have it updated

Reply #34 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues.

for now you can follow  with this link 

OR a Fix is in the works for new release update soon ..

Please refer to this updated post please https://forums.stardock.com/505007/get;3806834

 


AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #35 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Just an FYI that Fences 3.12 Beta was released today.

For all the details, please see:

https://forums.stardock.com/506115

We are very much looking forward to your feedback there.

Thanks,

 


AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #36 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi,

I am not in a corporate environment. I do not have Websense \ Forcepointinstalled.

I have tried purge etc, Sean.

This must be an issue related to Windows 10 normal updates.

Have you found the problem all of us are experiencing yet?

 

D Wright

Reply #37 from Stardock Forums Top

It seems there's a problem with acrobat and fences!

when you "enable PDF thumbnail previews in windows explorer" it crashes Fences...

I always had it setup like that but since two days ago no can do... it crashes and continues crashing

After acrobat is removed fences works just fine...and vice versa

Can you guys fix it, please!

 

 

Reply #38 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi Ricardo,

In my Adobe Reader DC the "PDF thumbnail previews in windows explorer is not checked, and I still have crashing Fences issue.

Reply #39 from Stardock Forums Top

So far Fences 4 Beta is working (as Fences 3.12 used to). Using on Trial period to evaluate if Windows Exolorer crash is resolved in ver 4 beta.

Reply #41 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Stefan, reply 18

Hi Sean,

Yes, that was to show the exact combination the fixed the issue, which was just doing a custom rule for Explorer.exe and Enabling "Don't use high entropy"

I'm guessing the reason you not seeing this with most of you customers is that most of them are not as security focused as me.

By default Windows does not enforce all the exploit protection and security features that I have enabled (I'm a security engineer).

But if you enable all the great Windows 10 security features:
¤ Core Isolation
¤ Have a Security Processor
¤ Have Secure Boot enabled and configured
¤ Enable Exploit Protection (All to "On by default" for entire System)

Then you might see this too.

But still something change from 2004 -> 20H2 as I've had these features on before upgrading.

If you want to I'm willing to supply logs/ dumps and I have already send in th BugSplat reports to get it fixed?

I have been using your great Fences for almost a decade now and don't see that changing anytime soon 😉

/Stefan
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Hi Stefan, can you provide the details of settings you used to address the issue? TY