When you change your mind and want to work on it, do let us know, please.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

We have some pent-up fixes for minor \ cosmetic issues but nothing to do with crashing or prompting.  If those are your issues, we would much prefer to resolve them over offering a prior version.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Settings corruption disadvantage (bug+suggestion)

Today something strange was heppens( Just after switching off and on PC), it start show me messege that Fences was found that explorrer wasn't shut down in propriet way last time (and it might happens here - because oftern electisity failures happens). So as safaty measure Fences was temporary turned off. To turn it on - I should right click on Desktop and choose "turn Fences on"

So, when you do this action.. it like trying 'uploading' (all icons dissapeared and all windows elements), but then it show me same this message again and again. And rebooting system don't work too.. So I feel only one way to restart it properly -> reinstallation 

So, I at first turned off Fences startup at Autostart, then unistalled software(without manual settings), and then purged. After that, I installed it again. Looks like it works okay. So I decided to restore my manual settings. And when I do it - it start show me same message :/

Looks like it was somehow corrupt some settings and it 'stuck'. So, I found that few last autosaved settings was corrupt somehow (probably when I turned off PC).. so my proposiion for future updates is in case if this allert appeares.. that means that system understand that something goes wrong and currupted inside it - so it should give ability to reset settings (additional button) to default condition. So users no need to 'dance' with reinstallation processes so many(and rebooting PC) times just to understand the reason. So next time in same situation user will not have stuck in same way, but be able fast bring it to working default condition.

^That.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Post a screenshot of the version of Fences that you have installed, please - its on the About tab in the Fences UI.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Pro-tip: always keep the current version and prior version of all software downloads so you can go back to the previous version if the current version has issues. I had kept Fences v3.09 and was able to go back to it when v3.13 was not working properly for me (no text in folder fences).

Please create a new thread of your own and we will work on it there, please.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

- Copy and distribute the Software or any portion of it except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

- Upload or transmit the Software, or any portion thereof, to any electronic bulletin board, network, or other type of multi-use computer or online system regardless of purpose

Does the crash happen with the same folder portal(s) every time... or no... It can \ will happen with every one of them?

If the former, are any files in them sync'd with OneDrive or any other cloud service?  If those files are temporarily moved out of said Fences, does it fix it?

Regardless if any cloud service sync'ing is happening, if you move every file, one by one, to another location (another folder in the same portal for example), and moving a particular one solves the problem, what is unique about it (weblink, crazy large file, something)?

Also, please post the exact version you have on the About tab in Fences:

We know this effort can be a pain but we really do appreciate the help finding the cause.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

3.1.3.3 is the latest version

Microsoft Windows 10 home Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3330 CPU @ 3.00GHz, 3001 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

8 gb ram. BaseBoard ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

I have a similar problem to above.  I abandoned FENCES reluctantly some years back - though I really liked it - but it seemed to slow my boot time.   Anyhow - reinstalled latest version and really pleased to find I could flip between desktops using Pages - a great feature as I have three distinct areas of life I wanted to tidy up.

When I boot up, there is nothing on screen except my wallpaper.  So no folders, no shortcuts and no fences either. Fortunately, the fences program icon is there on my taskbar.  When I click that there's a delay - then my icons and folders and fences appear eventually. Plus the configure fences box. 

• It doesn't start blank-then reveal on double click.  No fences settings seem to change the problem.
• Tried purging and reinstalling from scratch.  No change.
• Checked that fences was in the start-up procedure. yep.
• Right clicked bottom right action centre - show icons - no change. 
• Very disappointed I can't get this to work.  Will an earlier version do the trick?

harry