The New Fences 3 - Now with Windows 10 support, High-DPI Capabilities, Roll-up Fences & more!

Conquer your Desktop Clutter with Fences 3!

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Everything you love about Fences plus more!

Automatically organize your Windows desktop shortcuts and icons in shaded areas with the #1 recommended
solution for desktop organization, Fences 3! With Fences, you can double-click to hide or show icons,
swipe between multiple pages of fences, and create a desktop portal from any folder. 

NEW in Fences 3!

- Use fences on modern, high DPI monitors.

- Blur the wallpaper behind fences on Windows 10.

- Roll up fences to the Title-bar for cleaner desktops.

- Navigate the folder structure from within the fence.

- Windows 10 compatibility. 

  

Existing Great Features!

- Create shaded areas to organize your desktop.

- Double click the desktop to hide or show icons.

- Define rules to organize your desktop icons.

- Swipe between multiple pages of fences.

- Create a desktop portal from any folder.

Get Fences 3 now!

Upgrade from Fences 2 to Fences 3 for 50% off today!
Do you own Fences 2 and want to upgrade to Fences 3? See if you are eligible for an upgrade discount here.		   Object Desktop owners get Fences 3 for free!
Get Fences 3 along with other popular Stardock apps like WindowBlinds and DeskScapes by becoming an Object Desktop subscriber. Learn more here.


 
Maintain a distraction-free
desktop.
 
Roll up fences for lesser
used icons.		  
Match your background color or recolor specific fences.
 
View portals as icons, a list,or details. Change icon sizes.		  
Navigate through those folders
for faster access.		  
Win10 users can have translucent
or transparent fence.


For more information about Fences, please visit www.stardock.com/products/fences.

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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting hollymelt, reply 1

Just upgraded. How do I UNblur the wallpaper in Win 10? I really liked the way it looked before!

 

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Absotively, posilutely awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Nice Update!

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

What is this error? I get it when I right ckick on the desktop and select configure fences.

Installed on Win 8.1 over 2.13

 

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting doctorwizz, reply 5

What is this error? I get it when I right ckick on the desktop and select confure fences.

Installed on Win 8.1 over 2.13

 

Reduced 51%
Original 921 x 854


 

Thanks for reporting this.  We are looking into it.

Did you run the 2.91 beta?

How many monitors are you using?  What resolution? High DPI?

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting ZubaZ, reply 6


Quoting doctorwizz,
reply 5

What is this error? I get it when I right ckick on the desktop and select confure fences.

Installed on Win 8.1 over 2.13

 




Reduced 51%


Original 921 x 854





 

Thanks for reporting this.  We are looking into it.

Did you run the 2.91 beta?

No, never.

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

I deleted the roaming\stardock\fences\backup folder

Then I didn't get the error this time until I tried to take a snapshot under layout and snapping. 

 

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks .  Good info.

How many monitors?  What resolution(s)? What DPI?

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting ZubaZ, reply 9

Thanks .  Good info.

How many monitors?  What resolution(s)? What DPI?

3 monitors. 
Primary 3840x2160 scaling at 168%

2  others at 1920x1080 scaling 100%

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks.  We'll try to figure this out as soon as possible.

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

Just updated: strange issue: every time I enable fences (using the enable button in the settings) I'm unable to move my desktop icons, scroll in a fence, make a new fence, scroll to a second desktop page,... I'm only able to right, left click on stuff.

(windows 10 pro 64bit -- clean install of fences using revo uninstaller) 

 

Edit: If i disable fences using the same button I can move my icons again.

Edit: just found something, when I move an icon using right click (press right mouse button down on an icon, move it to somewhere, release right mouse button) and then select the "Move here" option. It works? But al the other things still don't work.

Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting doctorwizz, reply 10


Quoting ZubaZ,
reply 9

Thanks .  Good info.

How many monitors?  What resolution(s)? What DPI?



3 monitors. 
Primary 3840x2160 scaling at 168%

2  others at 1920x1080 scaling 100%

 

Actually the scaling is 168% for all three since I have "Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays." checked.

Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting doctorwizz, reply 5

What is this error? I get it when I right ckick on the desktop and select configure fences.

Installed on Win 8.1 over 2.13

 

Reduced 51%
Original 921 x 854


Can you create a case at https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/Tickets/Submit and post the case number.  I have something for you to try.

Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting ZubaZ, reply 15


Quoting doctorwizz,
reply 5

What is this error? I get it when I right ckick on the desktop and select configure fences.

Installed on Win 8.1 over 2.13

 




Reduced 51%


Original 921 x 854





Can you create a case at https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/Tickets/Submit and post the case number.  I have something for you to try.

Ticket ID #YYZ-806-74967
Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top

hi there.

How to go up  back in the folder structure????? how to disable the browsing within the fence window? and finally why there is no proper help/user manual in this software? 

Reply #18 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting TomekNZ, reply 17

hi there.

How to go up  back in the folder structure????? how to disable the browsing within the fence window? and finally why there is no proper help/user manual in this software? 
Click on the Up arrow in the title bar.  

Ctrl+double click opens the portal fence as before

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

alexandrasantana...

I had to delete your comment as the image failed and ended up as several 'pages' of raw data.

If you need to post a link to an image here please check it is a working one...;)

Reply #20 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks all for the upgrade. Loving the roll-up facility.

Rapid response from support re log-in difficulties appreciated.

BrianA

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Reply #21 from Stardock Forums Top

Just went from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 and upgraded to Fences 3. I have had 2 issues since installing Fences 3 on the evening of 5/13 where all but a couple of the desktop icons disappeared. I doubled clicked the desktop and nothing happened. I verified that the desktop setting were set to show desktop icons. If I did a right mouse click and refresh I would momentarily see the desktop icons but they would disappear again. I uninstalled Fences 3 and the desktop icons appeared. Windows 10 is an education version and I am using dual monitors.

Reply #22 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting dowen1921, reply 21

Just went from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 and upgraded to Fences 3. I have had 2 issues since installing Fences 3 on the evening of 5/13 where all but a couple of the desktop icons disappeared. I doubled clicked the desktop and nothing happened. I verified that the desktop setting were set to show desktop icons. If I did a right mouse click and refresh I would momentarily see the desktop icons but they would disappear again. I uninstalled Fences 3 and the desktop icons appeared. Windows 10 is an education version and I am using dual monitors.

Please contact support at https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/default_import/Tickets/Submit and well try to help you out.

Reply #23 from Stardock Forums Top

How about the detailed view (view->details) in the Folder Portal? Fences still resets the user settings to the default settings after rebooting the OS. Or am I doing something wrong?

Reply #24 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting conesum, reply 23

How about the detailed view (view->details) in the Folder Portal? Fences still resets the user settings to the default settings after rebooting the OS. Or am I doing something wrong?
This appears to be a Windows Limitation.  We are looking at how to work around it.

Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Version 3 runs significantly faster on my PC than 2.90  Thanks!  

Too bad two of my Fences still display an anomaly.  In one, the upper right icon never changes regardless of the sort position.  I another, it's the upper left icon.  If I delete the offending icon then the last icon in the Fence ytakes its place and stays there. X(