Thanks for your response. I already tried your suggestion: [ https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1332477959/Fences+purging+and+re-installing ]. Just make sure to redownload the latest version from your account page. Reboot after the purge. Reinstall and reboot again after the installation. No change. However, next time it happens I'll do a
Fences 6 persistently changes the Windows 11 desktop background to the Fences background colour - unasked. Very irritating. Any suggestions for a cure? Best wishes, Peter Sent: 12:06m Friday, 12 Jun 2026
I have given upon this!!! This so-called upgrade has ruined both my day and my whole [complex] Win10 setup. I shall be making a claim to PayPal. Best wishes, Peter Sent: 19h 14m on 14-Nov-2021
It's loaded just once Peter
When trying to run it I get the error message Fences is not loaded B ut this pops up the Welcome to Fences interface. Basic options - Enable fences is checked. Best wishes, Peter <span
Here is the log: [2021-11-14T10:49:44] Info : Initialize: Product ID '2628', Product Name 'Fences3', Version '3.1.3.3', Company Name 'Stardock', Process Name 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Fences\Fences.exe'. [2021-11-14T10:49:44] Info : Loaded package file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Fences\Default.spak', Version '5'. When trying to run it I get the error message Fences is not loaded BNut this pops up the Welcome to Fenc
BTW - found a suggestion it might be an iCloud conflict so I've already removed all that. Also several reset points tried - all without success.
Hi Basj - Purge dld and run successfully. Fences 3 dld and reinstalled. System rebooted = exactly the same issue - completely blank [black] screen [no task bar or anything]. Very difficult to run all this stuff from Task Manager !!! But thanks for help so far. Any more suggestions, please?
I have just [foolishly] upgraded to Fences 4 from v3 on Win10. This not only cost cash but now leaves me with a virtually impossible to use system. I have no desktop display at all. I'm operating and launching programs using a [excellent] search program which allows me to search out and find Apps and dot-exe progs. Otherwise the complete desktop is black - no task bar or anything. I can get to task manager by using ctrl-alt-del but otherwise the rest is blank. Apps will run if I can find them