I have four displays set up in Windows 10. Two are on VGA, and two are through USB connections. I have an extensive set of fences on the two USB displays.
Frequently when I boot up my computer, all of the fences wind up on the Windows 10 primary display (on VGA) instead of the displays I created them on.
Restoring a snapshot has no effect. The same fences are still on the primary display.
I have to manually move the fences back to their correct positions on the intended displays.
I am running Fences 3.0.9.11.
On Layout features and snapshots, I have the following items set:
-"Story my Fences' positions on a per-screen-resolution basis."
-"When I plug in a new primary monitor, move my icons to it."
Could either of these be the problem?
Any suggestions? Should I try moving the fences to the VGA displays just in case?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Hello,
I have forwarded your report to the Stardock support team for their review and recommendations.
Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates.
We really do appreciate your feedback, thanks.
AzDudeStardock Community Assistant
Sorry to hear you are having trouble.
Almost everytime we read such a report it is rooted in people using USB connected monitors - we don't know why but it has some effect on how any primary monitor is seen, by Windows, using that connection type.
----------------Sean DrohanStardock Customer Service Manager
Actually I have 4 monitors and all are display port, I like to have all my icons on the top left monitor which is not the primary monitor. I installed a new graphics driver and it moved everything to the primary monitor...including all the fences. So I went to restore the snapshot, which nicely arranged them on the primary monitor.
The top monitors are 1440p resolution and the bottom ones are 4k, so there is a resolution difference, and moving them from the 4k to the 1440p monitors changed the size of the fences as well to be a lot bigger (most likely the resolution increase on the 4k monitors).
Just would like the snapshot restore to put them back where they were prior to things like a driver update.
I have similar problem. 2 monitors - both 4k. Nvidia. Windows 10.
awake from sleep or reboot swaps my fences to the opposite screen.
Restore snapshot only works sometimes ... usually not. VERY frustrating.
Same issue. Dual monitors both using DP. Nvidia. Windows 10. One 4k and one 1080. Happens almost every boot. Restoring snapshot doesn't always work.
Also happens if I lock computer, turn screens off while in use (not unplugging), or computer goes into power save.
Emailed support (#FFT-776-47999) and their response was "If you look at the forums you will see how activate they are... If you post in the forums, you will be helped." Well, I'm here looking in the forums almost two months later because I can't put up with this anymore. This still seems to be an unresolved issue and the only response from Stardock is "I have forwarded your report to the Stardock support team for their review and recommendations." or blaming it on a USB connection most of the reports here aren't using?! Will someone just please answer/fix this?
Sorry to hear you are having issues. But I been using Fences on my 2 monitors. Never I have my fences move around as mentioned here. I wonder what is the setting on your system for the Fences Layout (Marked in red). I was using two monitor both 1920x1200 before. And last week I get my new 4K monitor and replace one of my 1920x1200. But upon reboot all my fences still there. Obviously, I need to do some minor Fences moving if change the scaling from 100% to 150%. But once its set. The location stick everytime I reboot. Now, I have saved layout for my 100%, 125% and 150% just incase work require me to change my scaling. All tested and its working for me.
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.
well one issue for me is that I have all the icons on a monitor that is NOT the primary, so setting that checkbox would for sure move them more than they do now. They generally stay put, but a driver update at some point I think has disabled all but 1 monitor and that causes them to move. This isn't something I blame fences for, it was when I said restore the snapshot that it didn't put them back on the non primary monitor.
So, it's annoying when it happens, but not a daily thing. I'm also not the average user having 4 monitors along with 2 at one resolution and 2 at another.
Any of them USB connected?
no...I haven't used a usb monitor in....5 plus years...all display port.
Not sure if this might help, but I have noticed a pattern in my case. To be clear, i've been seeing the same problem for a disturbingly long time on multiple systems. It's been happening since I installed windows 8.1 and upgraded to fences V2, so I just eventually setup my systems to not turn the displays off unless required. For reference, this is on a laptop (using a displayport dock for two screens and displayport direct from the gpu output for the primary), my work desktop (2x hdmi, 1x diplayport, 1x dvi), and my personal desktop (1x hdmi, 1x displayport, 1x DVI). The only common factor on all of these systems is that they all have multiple GPUs driving separate displays without using SLI. (intel+nvidia, nvidia+nvidia, Nvidia+nvidia+amd)...
Dear all,
I have the same problem and that's why I save the configuration but it never succeed to apply it after. All fences remain on the "bad" screen.
Thanks for your help
Emmanuel
I have noticed now that The order in which I power on the monitors after arising from sleep, can change and sometimes fix the problem. So when the problem occurs, I set the monitors off and then experiment with turning one on at a time and then the next. Sometimes it works.
I currently have this problem every time my nvidia card does an update. I run my fences on secondary monitor (primary is for full-screen games, so I try to keep primary taskbar on secondary monitor, as well as fences, so that I can access things without minimizing full-screen windowed games). Both the taskbar and fences change, due to the driver updates. Note: this is a single graphics card, 2 identical monitors run via display port (well, display port to dvi-d cables). The monitors are older widescreen 23" ones, so there should be no problems. My guess, based on the fact that I get this for both the fences and the primary taskbar is that windows itself doesn't seem to understand that, since it tends to force full-screen games to the primary monitors, several of us want 'accessibility features' like the primary taskbar and fences, on separate monitors, and forces them where they should not be. At least, thankfully, I've managed to iron out most of the other issues I've had with this (prior to using fences at all, it played havoc with my icons, and I still regularly have to close all open windows other than the nvidia update one when running an update), but I can have everything back to normal in about 2 minutes, if that. It's just extremely frustrating.
Well, I have five 28 inch monitors on PC (3 portraits, 2 landscape) It seems Fences only moves from the USB pluggable fed monitor - but not on normal reboot but it seems whenever Windows 10 does an update. Then moves to the primary monitor (landscape) and scales to wider size with blank space on right side vs its normal position on portrait monitor (less width). Not that big of a deal to drag back and resize by odd.
I have figured out a consistent way to make it work. Two 4K monitors. Fences on both. Same problem as you turn on or off fences get messed up most of the time. So after turning back on what I found that works is to do the following: unplug both monitors from the back of the Computer (video card) ... then plug them back in in a specific order. Works every time. But you have to plug them back in in the correct order and wait about five seconds before you plug the second one in.
this developer should fix this problem! Great product but not dependable.
Same problem here with three monitors, primary at 3440x1440 and two secondaries at 1920x1200 via Dislpay Port and HDMI (no USB). Sleep and reboots don't effect my Fences positions but if I update my NVidia drivers, 100% of the time fence positions are moved to the primary display and cannot be restored via the app. If I reboot, then they are put back in the right place per monitor. (I have the "store per-screen resolution" option enabled.)
I know this is an older topic, but I still have this same issue. Commonly, it happens every time I update my NVIDIA drivers. I reset the layout. The next time the PC restarts, it all goes back to the main screen. Then I have to move and resize them again. Then, they will stay until the next update.
Hello,Sorry to hear you are having issues. Please refer to this thread https://forums.stardock.com/489707 . There is a solution/suggestion to try in there. Please try it and report back.
Thanks
Basj,Stardock Community Assistant.
That is my issue Basj! I have been building my computer and fiddling around with stuff involving hooking up different monitors, changing ports, and doing all sorts of mischief. I have that exact setting checked. Guess I was scanning for something else and missed that setting in the interface. Thanks.
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