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Shortcuts duplicated after reboot

May 18, 2023 11:24:57 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

Hi, so I've created a desktop with multiple folder fences type, and put the shortcuts inside it.

But every time the pc reboots. The shortcuts would be duplicated outside the fences like normal shortctus.

I have deleted the duplicated shortcuts but upon every reboot it came back again, any fix?

I've tried v4 but it's the same.

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Reply #1 May 18, 2023 11:58:37 PM
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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need more information, please refer here: https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1387954197/Contacting+Stardock+About+Fences+Issues

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Reply #2 May 19, 2023 7:04:13 AM
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Is the desktop backup active in onedrive? May cause trouble.

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Reply #3 May 22, 2023 1:26:21 AM
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Quoting basj,
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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need more information, please refer here: https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1387954197/Contacting+Stardock+About+Fences+Issues

 

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So basically just need screenshot and windows version right?

Windows 10 1709

https://imgur.com/a/ucZUMFJ

The bottom right is rainmeter, please ignore it. The left side are all folder fences, while the right side is normal fences.

As you can see only the shortcuts of folder fences is duplicated.



 

Quoting c242,
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Is the desktop backup active in onedrive? May cause trouble.

Nope, i'm not having any backups

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Reply #4 May 22, 2023 1:43:20 AM
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Hello,

By looking at your screenshot,Let us take one of the icon as example. Looking at icon name "downloader" that Green Globe with yellow arrow wrapping around it. That icon appear both in your Portal Fences name "Downloader" and on your Desktop. This is because the shortcut appear in both location. in a Folder name "downloader" and another one is from your Desktop folder. To remove on the desktop you will need to delete of from the desktop area.

Look at your desktop area and delete off those duplicate icons.

 

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Reply #5 May 22, 2023 1:47:50 AM
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BTW, if you just wish to group your desktop icons, you just need to create a normal Fences and group those icons within the desktop itself. You do not need to create Portal Fences.

Kalau tak berapa jelas kasi tau ye..  

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Reply #6 May 22, 2023 5:14:42 AM
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Quoting basj,
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Hello,

By looking at your screenshot,Let us take one of the icon as example. Looking at icon name "downloader" that Green Globe with yellow arrow wrapping around it. That icon appear both in your Portal Fences name "Downloader" and on your Desktop. This is because the shortcut appear in both location. in a Folder name "downloader" and another one is from your Desktop folder. To remove on the desktop you will need to delete of from the desktop area.

Look at your desktop area and delete off those duplicate icons.



 

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Quoting basj,
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BTW, if you just wish to group your desktop icons, you just need to create a normal Fences and group those icons within the desktop itself. You do not need to create Portal Fences.

Kalau tak berapa jelas kasi tau ye..  

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Close but thats malaysian, not my language

I've tried that method before and upon reboot the issue persists.

All the icons from folder fences are duplicated.

Can you replicate this issue? I'm wondering if this has something to do with me only upgrading the version and not doing clean install from v3 to v4?

I would've used normal fences if i could but the reason i'm choosing stardock is because it has folder fences and i need it for my work.

 

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Reply #7 May 22, 2023 5:26:27 AM
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I would've used normal fences if i could but the reason i'm choosing stardock is because it has folder fences and i need it for my work.

If you need to use a postal Fences while you have that same shortcut on your desktop, than you will always two icons that open the same thing on your desktop and within your portal Fences. What you can do. Put those desktop icons inside a normal Fences and move it to another Fences desktop page. The dual icons situation still there, just that it is hidden on another Fences desktop page.

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Reply #8 May 22, 2023 6:56:39 AM
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Quoting basj,
reply 7


Quoting cemaranet,
reply 6

I would've used normal fences if i could but the reason i'm choosing stardock is because it has folder fences and i need it for my work.



If you need to use a postal Fences while you have that same shortcut on your desktop, than you will always two icons that open the same thing on your desktop and within your portal Fences. What you can do. Put those desktop icons inside a normal Fences and move it to another Fences desktop page. The dual icons situation still there, just that it is hidden on another Fences desktop page.

Thank you,

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The thing is, the shortcuts aren't mean to be on the desktop, I just need them to appear inside folder fences.

The folder fences are pointed towards shortcut folders I made, and none of them are located on desktop. 

After creating the folders and shortcuts, i made folder fences, everything went normal, but after reboot they are duplicated outside the folder fences..

so it's probably a bug that needs to be fixed then?

Will try that workaround, but hopefully there wont be any effect to my other setups

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Reply #9 May 22, 2023 7:08:28 AM
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No, I don't think it is a bug on Fences. If it is, we will have lot of other users reporting the same issue. Where are the physical location of those Portal Fences link to? Inside local drive, network drive? Does both of the shortcut link (the one inside the portal Fences and on the desktop) open the same application? What I don't really understand is why you need a portal fences linking to the same shortcut that already appear on your desktop. And if you really do not need those shortcut on the desktop area, why you can not simply delete it? If you actually deleted off those desktop icons and it reappear after you reboot, than there is something else restoring those icons back to your desktop area. Which is why I suggest to look at if your Onedrive desktop sync is turned on. https://www.lifewire.com/sync-windows-desktop-with-onedrive-4126015.

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Reply #10 May 22, 2023 8:36:45 PM
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Where are the physical location of those Portal Fences link to? Inside local drive, network drive? 

 

 

 

D:/ Shortcuts \ Folders with shortcuts

 

Which reminds me, i'm not sure if this is related or not but I also redirected My Documents default folder to D, so there's this folder there

 

D:\Users\Myname\My documents folder

 

 

What I don't really understand is why you need a portal fences linking to the same shortcut that already appear on your desktop.

 

 

To put it simply, with this setup i could change shortcuts remotely without accessing the target computer directly.

 

 

 

 

  And if you really do not need those shortcut on the desktop area, why you can not simply delete it? If you actually deleted off those desktop icons and it reappear after you reboot, than there is something else restoring those icons back to your desktop area. Which is why I suggest to look at if your Onedrive desktop sync is turned on.

 

 

 

 

I just checked this and my Windows 10 is stripped off of onedrive using optimization tools. Its not in add remove programs

 

 

 

BTW theres something i noticed, in task manager > startup I have 2 instances of stardock pointing to the same directory e.g program files (x86) / Stardock is this norma;l?

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Reply #11 May 22, 2023 8:51:26 PM
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Quoting cemaranet,
reply 10

BTW theres something i noticed, in task manager > startup I have 2 instances of stardock pointing to the same directory e.g program files (x86) / Stardock is this norma;l?

Fences need to Startup twice to work properly.

Okay, need to recap, your issue is just that there duplicate icons on your desktop and in your portal Fences, yes? If so, have you tried the "Moving those duplicate icons to other fences desktop page suggestion (Reply#7)?"

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Reply #12 May 23, 2023 6:02:07 AM
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"optimization tools."

Uh, oh... 

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Reply #13 May 23, 2023 6:31:31 AM
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Quoting basj,
reply 11


Quoting cemaranet,
reply 10

BTW theres something i noticed, in task manager > startup I have 2 instances of stardock pointing to the same directory e.g program files (x86) / Stardock is this norma;l?



Fences need to Startup twice to work properly.

Okay, need to recap, your issue is just that there duplicate icons on your desktop and in your portal Fences, yes? If so, have you tried the "Moving those duplicate icons to other fences desktop page suggestion (Reply#7)?"



Thank you,

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Thanks this solves the issue !

I was hesitated to use it cause double desktop might cause more issues for my employee if it's accidentally clicked but if it's double mouse press it might not happen easily. 

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Reply #14 May 23, 2023 6:38:41 AM
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Great, glad the suggestion help.

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