With the Fences 4 1.0 release, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues.
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Reporting an issue
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Thank you for your interest and any time you put into making Fences a better product.
Sean DrohanStardock Support Manager
Hello,Sorry to hear you are having issues. May I know:
ThanksBasj,Stardock Community Assistant.
Windows 10 Pro 21H2 build 19044.1706
fences 4.0.0.3
I can't tell if it's only on specific folder I just bought it today and tried it on my downloads folder and it crashed in away that I couldn't restart fences anymore.
only uninstalling + remove settings of fences and reinstalling solved the problem, so I don't want to try it anymore for now.
you should have use exception errors (try/except) so it won't crash that way, or even better allow user to remove folders from a list (even when fences is not enabled yet), maybe if I had an option to unset the folder as "portal" from a list or something, so I wouldn't have needed to uninstall and remove the settings... spent half hour to reorganize everything again -.-
PS - I've sent you a mail about something else, I can't find an away to stop the auto-arrange icons feature within fences. kind of weird not having this.
All in all the idea is great, but not perfect. Hope that you can improve it from your side without too much time and effort.
Hello,
I have been unable to recreate the issue on my end. Are your portals to local drives or to network/onedrive drives/folders?
You might also try the new beta release and see if that helps
Paul ScrogginsAssociate Technical Support Analyst
Restarting Windows Explorer does not change anything.
I can't tell if it's only on specific folderI just bought it today and tried it on my downloads folder and it crashed in away that I couldn't restart fences anymore.only uninstalling + remove settings of fences and reinstalling solved the problem, so I don't want to try it anymore for now.you should have use exception errors (try/except) so it won't crash that way, or even better allow user to remove folders from a list (even when fences is not enabled yet), maybe if I had an option to unset the folder as "portal" from a list or something, so I wouldn't have needed to uninstall and remove the settings... spent half hour to reorganize everything again -.- PS - I've sent you a mail about something else, I can't find an away to stop the auto-arrange icons feature within fences. kind of weird not having this. All in all the idea is great, but not perfect. Hope that you can improve it from your side without too much time and effort.
Please uninstall your current version,reboot, download the latest beta from your account page : V4.0.5 https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products. Reboot and retest. Report back here.
Thank you,
Basj,Stardock Community Assistant
Thanks for the quick response! I'm afraid to try though
Last time it took me lots of time to reorganize my desk.
what's in the update?
Uninstall should not remove your saved layout snapshots . If you wish you could do back up using this guide : https://forums.stardock.com/486084/fences-support-faq#backupsnapshots
awesome!
thanks
How to buy Fences if i am from Russia ?((Pay Pal is not workinkg, other cards too. So sad. Is any solution? Regards.
>>AnnetkoO<<
I don't know the money and how it is used. I use a Visa card with no issues for everything I buy on the internet.
Bob
If you restart Windows Explorer, is that still the case?Sean DrohanStardock Support Manager
As I wrote: Restarting Explorer doesn't change anything.
Any other ideas?
1. Windows 11 Version 10.0.22000 Build 22000
2.
Fences.exe - Application Error
The application was unable to start correctly (0x0000135). Click OK to close application.
OK
Said I had the latest version before installing Windows update can't check again because of this error.
3. No
Hi,
I just purchased Fences 4 for windows 11 for two pcs. I have a dual monitor setup on both.
I however, have graphics issues on both systems on the monitor the the fences are on.
Both systems are running Win 11 21H2 Build 22000.708
The graphics glitches are the black boxes. I have only attached one pc screenshot but the black box occurs on the other one - again only on the monitor that the fences are on.
Thanks,
Andrew
Hello,Please don't post same issue on multiple thread. I have respond to your other thread.
This YouTube video solved the 0xc0000135 error problem.
(4) Fix Error 0xc0000135 The Application Was Unable To Start Correctly On Windows 11 - YouTube
I've got an annoying issue that has been in Fences since 3, and remains in 4. Any time I update my nVidia video drivers, Fences resets to a smaller resolution (using maybe 3/4 of the screen) as the new drivers initialize. They don't rescale to fit the screen until I reboot.
My monitor's resolution is 2560x1440, though I'm 95% certain I had the same problem with my previous monitor (1920x1200), and I'm running Windows 10 Pro x64.
Don't use Translucent Fences backgrounds, it will be OK.
I have this problem with two compute.
compute 1:
Primary monitor: ViewSonic 34" (3840 x 2160)Primary connection type: DisplayPortSecondary monitor: SAMSUNG 22" (1680 x 1050)Secondary connection type: HDMI
CPU: AMD 3700X
motherboard: MSI MAG B550M MORTAR MAX WIFI
graphics card: AMD 7970
Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Version 21H2 (OS Build 22000.739)Fences v4
compute 2:
Primary monitor: ViewSonic 34" (3840 x 2160)Primary connection type: DisplayPortSecondary monitor: DELL 24" (1920 x 1080)Secondary connection type: HDMI
graphics card: Nvidia 1070 Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Version 21H2 (OS Build 22000.739)Fences v4
Hello all,
Just a note that the Fences beta has been updated to 4.05.21
Please let us know there if see any issues and as always, thanks for the feedback.
Sean DrohanStardock Product Lifecycle Manager
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Hello. Since Fences 3 I've had the same same issue. Now I have a new PC, Fences 4 1.0, and still the issue remains, which convinces me the problem is in the code.
I have a 1080p monitor and a 4K TV. I use Fences with "store the per-screen resolution layouts" option turned on. When I change the HDMI cables, it does switch between the layouts just fine. However, the icons randomly lose their positions, being switched around inside their own Fences. This gets confusing pretty fast, forcing me to reorganize them manually all the time.
Is this a known issue? Is there something I can do from my side?
This looks remarkably like a question I asked in the 4.0.5.21 beta thread... which received no replies. This seems to be a long-running bug in Fences that I was hoping 4 would fix, too. My post on the other thread:
I was hopeful that the new beta might fix a bug that has been in Fences since version 3 (one of the only reasons I paid to update to version 4, which still has the bug). Every time I update my video card drivers, I have to reboot my system because Fences forgets how to display its fences at full resolution. You can see before and after desktop screenshots here in an Imgur post. I've got a "sidebar" with Rainmeter and Tweetz, and my icon fences mostly around the edges of the rest of the screen. Everything downscales during a driver update, instead of remaining at (or restoring) the full screen resolution of 2560x1440. It looks like Fences thinks the new screen resolution is somewhere around 1920x1200.
This is fixed immediately after a reboot, but that shouldn't be necessary.
I'm using Fences 4.0.5.21 in Windows 10 x64 Professional, Version 10.0.19044.1766
Hello,Sorry to hear you are having issues. Just to let you know this issue, I believe, is currently been look at as mentioned in this other thread which raising same issue as yours : https://forums.stardock.com/512027
It's not clear to me that it's the same issue, though it could have a common cause. The person posting on that issue is seeing Fences bounce from monitor to monitor upon restart. I'm not seeing any issues on restart, only when installing new drivers, which probably changes the screen resolution back and forth during its re-initialization (however, I don't see this problem when I play games that change the screen resolution)
Hello,Sorry to hear you are having issues. Just to let you know this issue, I believe, is currently been look at as mentioned in this other thread which raising same issue as yours : https://forums.stardock.com/512027 ThanksBasj,Stardock Community Assistant.
Thank you for following up. To me, all of these seem to fall into a broader "Fences doesn't handle resolution changes or similar tasks well" category. It's very consistent behavior, so it would be good if the team could be assigned to actually test this over different setups and be able to experience it themselves... it's not particularly esoteric behavior considering this has happened over two computers with completely different specs on my side.
occasionally fences will rename things that are not renamed by the user - I don't have the exact combination of things - but it happens approximately at the time of creating a new desktop folder and then renaming it from "new folder" to for example "stuff", what happens then is two folders appear with one called "stuff" and one called "stuff (2)"
the folder that is stuff(2), will then be a _renamed_ folder which was one you already had somewhere in a fence
using fences 4.0.0.3, with windows 11 latest
this is the only gui "enchancement" tool I'm using at the moment
Also this will occasionally happen with renaming files, renaming one file will sometimes rename more than one file to a similar name
If I just use cmd tools to rename things, then never have problems - only from explorer
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