Conflict with Displayfusion and Firefox

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I have run into an issue where, with both Fences and Start11 v2, if EITHER of them is installed, the Firefox browser will slow to a crawl, making the browser unusable, and sometimes even leading to it becoming completely unresponsive. I have tested this out on a completely fresh install of Windows, and the conflict lies solely between these three items. If I uninstall all Stardock products, the issue resolves.

   I have tried disabling all Displayfusion hooks into the Stardock software ( both Fences and Start11 ), but even with everything disabled, it still occurs, just takes a little bit longer for it to happen ( like 10 to 15 seconds longer, but it still happens).

  I have reported this to BinaryFortress, they are aware of the issue and are trying to fix it from their end, but even the newest beta, with their fix, still doesn't stop it from happening. Is there any way to enable logging in Stardock software so that I can send you data on the issue ?

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Perhaps its the DisplayFusion is causing the issue. I am running with Start11v2,Fences v6 and Firefox as my main browser, I don't see any slowdown at all. I don't use DisplayFusion at all. From what I read, DisplayFusion have its control on taskbar which probably causing conflict with Start11 taskbar control. Not sure what what DisplayFusion control that causing conflict with Fences and Firefox.

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I was able to send an application log to BinaryFortress, and they said that they are able to replicate the issue with Displayfusion/Fences 6/Firefox. They just are not sure if it is fixable from their end.

  That was why I was asking if Stardock had some way for me to enable logging for Fences, if so I would be more than happy to reinstall Windows and just install Fences and Displayfusion, and log everything so that they can see what is happening.

 

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

What process is using lots of CPU?

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Nothing is really using much CPU. Usage quickly moves from one process to another. Eset briefly spikes to 6% usage during startup, but then drops down to less than 1% after 2 or 3 minutes. CPU usage in general bounces between 1% and 20%, with the 20% spike usally happening with 1 Microsoft Process or another ( with the exception being Intel PresentMon service bouncing between 0% and 5% usage).

  Again, this ONLY happens once either Stardock Fences , or Stardock Start11v2 are installed. I have the Object Desktop client installed , and it doesn't cause any issue. I have tried running with Winstep Extreme, and it doesn't cause an issue either. So Displayfusion and Stardock software are doing something that one or the other doesn't like, and it only seems to effect browsers. All other programs run without any issues.