No icons in Fences - All icons in fences are now on desktop

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Hi, I do not know what happened.  This morning my desktop and fences were as arranged.  I locked my computer, returned, unlocked and all icons that were in fences are now on my desktop.

Restoring any of the earlier 7 Fences backups do not solve the problem.  Logging out, and rebooting do not solve the problem either.

Any suggestions?   

 

Thank you

 

Fences 5.8

Win 11 21H2  22000.2538

fences
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Probably has something to do with the outdated version of Windows not being compatible with Fences 5.

You should probably upgrade to the latest Windows build of 23H2.

This person had a similar issue with that version of Windows.

https://forums.stardock.com/529550/page/1/#3938924

 

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. It might also be that you have OneDrive Desktop Sync turn on. That will making all your icons move outside of your Fences. You restore layout snapshot will not work in for this issue. What you can do is, disable Onedrive Desktop Sync and manually move back all your desktop icons from OneDrive desktop folder to your main desktop folder and do the restore layout. Or use the OneDrive Desktop Sync, but you will need to rearrange your icons into those fences manually again. Than save a backup for that new layout.

Thank you.
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Thank you everyone for your advice.  The problem appears to have been caused by a back-level win 11 (21H2) this one or more errors in the windows core that Windows could not be updated through any of the regular techniques.   I had to use the Windows 11 ISO image to perform the upgrade.  Fortunately the upgrade has a feature to leave the installed software and data intact.  

Tip for anyone following this upgrade route.  Disconnect wired and wireless networks from the computer before mounting the ISO and starting setup.exe.  If you remain connected to a network the upgrade might end up hanging at 78 percent - forever.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Great, glad to hear you resolved your problem.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant