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That is true, however the registry key created by the service doesn't have the /startup parameter, which seems to be the magic touch here :)

After testing on another system, I wasn't able to duplicate my results from my desktop for whatever odd reason. However, I have another method you could try, this one is tested on both machines, and works perfectly fine on both. 1: Create a new text file 2: Paste the below into the said text file: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "Fences"="\"C:\\Program Files

I'm sorry to hear, that being said though, did you restart your computer after adding the service? If you manually try to start it, it'll cause an error, as it's only supposed to run the .exe on boot, and not continuously try to run the .exe.

I haven't contacted them yet myself, no. I'll toss them an email as soon as I have time.

Pretty much what I did was: 1: Disable Fences as a start-up item in Task Manager 2: Open elevated CMD and run sc create Fences binPath="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Stardock\Fences\Fences.exe" start=auto That's it :) Loads instantly as soon as explorer loads for me now

This reply might be somewhat late, however after fiddling around a little on my own, I have found two possible workarounds for fences to be loaded instantly. The first method, after reading the comments above about how Start8 uses its own service, I decided to try out creating my own for Fences. This is currently the method I use myself, and it works perfectly fine! First, you need to disable Fences from the startup manager. After you have done this, you need to op