Fences Pro Updated to v1.1

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Fences is the widely popular application from Stardock that helps you wrangle up those icons spread out all over your desktop.  The v1.1 update for Fences Pro is out today with various fixes and improvements.

  • Added ability to toggle hidden fences at startup
  • Added "Hide shortcut arrows on desktop icons" to Appearance tab
  • Reliability improvements based on user feedback
  • Numerous small UI tweaks
  • Improved multimonitor support
  • Icons no longer have risk of falling out of their fence on F5 and/or monitor resize
  • Fixed flicker when moving a fence behind the taskbar on Win7
  • Fixed issue where new icons could become "stranded" until interacted with, particularly on XP
  • Fixed issue where moving Fences beneath the bottom of the screen exhibited odd behavior
  • Improved "Disable Fences" functionality
  • Fences now "come to the front" when moved. Fixes behavior where you could move a Fence behind another and then lose access to it.

Current users can update via Impulse.  More information about Fences can be found at its website.

https://www.stardock.com/products/fences/index.asp

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

There seems to be a problem downloading this update, I.D. I get an error message.

*edit: Fixed with Rosco's help. :)

The fix was 1. Hide the update. 2. Unhide and run the update.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 1
There seems to be a problem downloading this update, I.D. I get an error message.
End of DrJBHL's quote

Doc I had the same problem. I closed Impulse and restarted and I was able to aplly the update. Very nice ID :lol:

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

I may have been a little too hasty. It doesn't seem to recognize the update and keeps wanting to update. When in Impulse it says v1.1.0.348 and IIn Fences Config it says v1.1.0.375. I've applied the update 3 times now and restarted as many times and the problem remains.. Ooops! 

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

YEA!!! Finally the option to hide the shortcut arrows on the desktop. I thought this would be something for IP.:beer: :beer: :beer: :thumbsup: \o/

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The fix was 1. Hide the update. 2. Unhide and run the update.
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That didnt work for me :(

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Tells me there's a problem archiving installed application, please restart Impulse and try again, and again, and.....

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Xiandi did you try resetting data under Preferences in Impulse?

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

No...why didn't you suggest that in Skype?    lol  :grin:

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Xiandi, reply 5
The fix was 1. Hide the update. 2. Unhide and run the update. That didnt work for me
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Quoting Philly0381, reply 7
Xiandi did you try resetting data under Preferences in Impulse?
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I tried that and it didn't help. Then I hid the update, closed and restarted Impulse and unhid the update. Then I installed it without problems. Try that Cindy.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I tried that and it didn't help. Then I hid the update, closed and restarted Impulse and unhid the update. Then I installed it without problems. Try that Cindy
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nope, didnt work.

Here is a thought....maybe someone at stardock should fix it, we should not have to jump through hoops just to get an update. :X

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Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Xiandi, reply 10

I tried that and it didn't help. Then I hid the update, closed and restarted Impulse and unhid the update. Then I installed it without problems. Try that Cindynope, didnt work.


Here is a thought....maybe someone at stardock should fix it, we should not have to jump through hoops just to get an update. 
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Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I agree they should fix it!

Here is how I got it to install. Go to Preferences - Archive & Install, then Uncheck "Archive Applications before updating". It installed after that.

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I had no problem installing on a Win 7 64bit system, but then I don't use the archive function, which from what folks are saying is where the problem seems to be.  :S

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

An alternative is to uninstall Fences from Impulse (Choose to keep your settings and backups when asked) and then install the new version. The downside is you have to reboot 2 times (when uninstalling and re-installing). The new version doesn't have problems with archiving though.

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I just turned off archiving, installed, and turned it back on.

Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top

That's the ticket right there. I also turned off automatic archiving and voila! I was able to update.:yes:

Reply #17 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Hi All,  For some reason after updating my Fences Pro I still don't have the "hide shortcut icons" option as seen in pictures.  Rebooted after update & when that didn't work, uninstalled and re-installed and still the same?