https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DJE4GpFsG_LiU8XZstmSmCqdxM8Ij82G/view?usp=sharing Something I've noticed. I have 2 fences portals to a network share. After I reboot and fences loads, If I hover over either of them, they show no files, but if I go to the File Explorer and go to the folder that they are "looking at" on the network, I can see the files in File Explorer.
Post boot: attempted to draw a Fence.. but it did not recognize that I was trying to draw a Fence. This indicates to me that I need to re-install Fences from the installer. Uninstalling...rebooting....re-installing..activred.. Drawing a Fence....same thing, windows spinning wait icon, white overlay screen...
Running as a stand-alone admin account in Win 10, things load fine. Not so much with my account. So, I purged Fences, and ran for 1/2 a day with no Fences (no fun), then at the end of the day, I got adventurous clicked Customize Fences, and received the message that Fences was not installed, but then I was prompted for my license key, which I supplied. No reboot was requested, so I went to one of my empty screens and drew a Fence -- and get the spinning icon.. I cl
Creating new Fences seemed to work better than re-using an old snapshot layout. Sometimes, I get blank/empty Fences -- like the icons are waiting to load, while something else is loading. After a bit of a wait, the icons eventually load. Seems less like a Fences issue, and more of a 3rd party app "hanging" before the icons can load. Have you seen this before?
I changed the memory settings, again, according to the article supplied. I was able to get Fences to run again, but it didn't seem to like it when I selected a previous desktop layout snapshot; so, I completely uninstalled Fences, and ran the cleaning .bat file. Things were working just fine with no Fences ---cluttered, but working. Now, I have re-installed the latest version of Fences, created NEW fences, and have re-booted. Now, my fences are showing empty, with no
Interesting: I applied the Tuesday Windows patches, and after a reboot, I'm seeing the same issue as I was seeing before. I'll have to see if that memory setting got reset by the Windows Update process.
This appears to make my laptop a bit snappier. I will run it this way for a while and report back my findings after a few days. Thanks for the suggestion!
I am on a Corp Environment, Bitlocker enabled, working from home. Device: Dell 5490 laptop (i7-7600U CPU @ 2.80GHz), 16GB RAM, Video: Intel HD Graphics 620 Disk: 256GB SSD: Intel NVMe SSDPEKKF256GB NV Windows 10 Enterprise, build 19041.423 Fences version: 3.0.9.11 AV installed: Malwarebytes Free + Windows Defender No wallpaper managers. 3 monitors: * Display 1 (laptop screen Dell): 1920x1080 * Display 2 (Dig
Well.. that seems to have fixed the issue of the icons appearing in Fences, but sometimes when I click the desktop, the icons disappear, the "wait" icon spins in the task bar, and about 10 minutes later, the desktop is finally re-drawn with the fences in place. Checking the Task Manager does not reveal anything suspicious, as CPU and Memory levels are well within reason. I'm not convinced that this is a Fences issue. AV, CCleaner, Win Updates, DISM, Chkdsk all cam
You have saved my desktop from a huge mess of icons! The Purge worked! Glad for the help!
Seems like after installing Win 10 update: KB4562899 (Cumulative Update Preview for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8), my next reboot showed no icons -- so I double-clicked, thinking they were "hidden" -- my entire screen turned white, then my wallpaper disappeared and my desktop turned a solid color -- then I got a message about explorer.exe not being able to be executed. Short version: I had to completely uninstall Fences to get explorer.exe to work again (meaning that I no longer have Fe