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Fences 5.86 Release Feedback Thread

November 19, 2024 11:41:46 AM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

With the Fences 5.86 release, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues.  

With the Fences 5.86 release, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues.  

[confluence title=""]https://stardock.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SHC/pages/1452998657/Software+Release+Template[/confluence]

Thank you for your interest and any time you put into making Fences 5 a better product.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Thank you for your interest and any time you put into making Fences 5 a better product.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

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Reply #1 November 19, 2024 11:42:14 AM
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[confluence]https://stardock.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SHC/pages/2076639280/Fences+5.85+Beta+Changelog[/confluence]

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Reply #2 November 19, 2024 11:42:46 AM
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Known issues

While we appreciate all feedback, please remember that we offer no official support for beta \ preview \ developer channel versions of Windows. If you report issues while in any of those early release channels, you should not expect them to be addressed unless it still exists in a retail version of Windows.

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Reply #3 November 19, 2024 11:42:58 AM
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Reply #4 December 2, 2024 3:08:59 PM
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All,

Fences 5.87 Beta was released today.  For details, please see

https://forums.stardock.com/532684/fences-587-beta-feedback-thread

As always, thank you for your time, feedback, and support.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

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Reply #5 February 9, 2025 6:09:05 PM
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Windows 11 version 24H2 (OS Build 26100.3037)

Home Version

Fences 5.86

 

I apologize.  I had an issue written here that turned out to be a setting.  "Lock Fences".  I never set that and didn't know it existed until now.  Everything working fine.

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Reply #6 February 13, 2025 12:17:39 PM
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Hello

I didn't find a way to equally space rolled-up fences. See image. Any help?

Thanks

 

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Reply #7 February 13, 2025 12:50:55 PM
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Quoting brunolos,
reply 6

I didn't find a way to equally space rolled-up fences. See image. Any help?

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Reply #8 February 13, 2025 9:23:14 PM
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Hi brunolos, I can confirm this is a shortcoming with the current snapping — it does not seem to do the proper spacing around rolled up fences to easily space, when coming in from below a rolled up fence.

We’ve added this to the dev list so that it gets resolved in a future update. Thank you for the report 🙏

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Reply #9 February 15, 2025 1:35:15 AM
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Windows 11 (23H2)

Fences: 5.86

I have a multimonitor setup, whith my Fences on the second monitor. Yet if my system goes to sleep and both monitors are in standby mode and than wake-up. Fences restores all to the first monitor.

The issues seems that my secondary "fences" monitor wakes a bit slower than my first, so fences seems to only see the first one and converts the layout. Yet when my second comes "online", why does fences not realize this error?

So basically i can't use "fast" sleep windows mode and every time have to restore the layout manually from the saved backups.

We are also talking about a 1-2s extra delay not more, so why no wait a bit longer before fences decide to convert/restore to a different resolution + monitor, comming out of sleep. So add a extra check to make sure its not just a minor standby wake-up delay.

PS: This was always a issue and even worse in Fences 4, where i needed full reboot, since fences 4 was not even able to correctly restore a backup.

 

 

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Reply #10 February 15, 2025 7:50:57 AM
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Quoting Andy2222,
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Windows 11 (23H2)

Fences: 5.86

I have a multimonitor setup, whith my Fences on the second monitor. Yet if my system goes to sleep and both monitors are in standby mode and than wake-up. Fences restores all to the first monitor.

The issues seems that my secondary "fences" monitor wakes a bit slower than my first, so fences seems to only see the first one and converts the layout. Yet when my second comes "online", why does fences not realize this error?

So basically i can't use "fast" sleep windows mode and every time have to restore the layout manually from the saved backups.

We are also talking about a 1-2s extra delay not more, so why no wait a bit longer before fences decide to convert/restore to a different resolution + monitor, comming out of sleep. So add a extra check to make sure its not just a minor standby wake-up delay.

PS: This was always a issue and even worse in Fences 4, where i needed full reboot, since fences 4 was not even able to correctly restore a backup.

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. For issue with Multimonitor setup, please refer and follow these steps mention in troubleshooting steps mention in the first post of these thread: https://forums.stardock.com/528229/

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Reply #11 February 16, 2025 4:59:40 AM
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please refer and follow these steps mention in troubleshooting steps mention in the first post of these thread

I already did this and use the per monitor setting and also have setup's stored. As noted if i do a full boot all is fine and gets restored correctly, also manual restore from a backup works. Its just that if windows enters sleep and than wakes, Fences restores to the wrong monitor.

This is a really annoying, since i either cant use normal windows sleep-mode or have to manually restore after each sleep/wake cycle.

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Reply #12 February 16, 2025 5:06:31 AM
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Quoting Andy2222,
reply 11

I already did this and use the per monitor setting and also have setup's stored. As noted if i do a full boot all is fine and gets restored correctly, also manual restore from a backup works. Its just that if windows enters sleep and than wakes, Fences restores to the wrong monitor.

This is a really annoying, since i either cant use normal windows sleep-mode or have to manually restore after each sleep/wake cycle.

Hello,
I have forwarded your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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Reply #13 February 17, 2025 12:08:56 PM
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Quoting Andy2222,
reply 9

I have a multimonitor setup, whith my Fences on the second monitor. Yet if my system goes to sleep and both monitors are in standby mode and than wake-up. Fences restores all to the first monitor.

 

Hi Andy2222- we'd love to take a closer look. Could you turn on advanced logging, reproduce the issue, then upload to us an error report?

Steps:

1) Go to "About" tab, click Troubleshooting. Click the menu item "Enabled advanced logging"

2) Optional- install the latest version (v5.88 Rev 8) at https://cdn.stardock.us/downloads/public/software/fences/v5/Fences5_5.8.8.8-j179-Setup.exe

3) Reboot

4) Reproduce the issue

5) Right after reproducing, return to this dialog and select "Create error report package", then follow the instructions to upload your report. Hopefully something in there gives us a hint. Thank you!

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Reply #14 February 25, 2025 6:55:17 AM
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Hi support, i installed latest 5.88 rev8 and so far i could not reproduce the issue. I also double checked and i actually had "windows sleep" disabled, so it was just related to the monitor standby feature.

I will report back if i manage to reproduce it again, thanks.

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