Fences 2.0

Should I Upgrade to Fences 4.0?

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Hi.  I bought Fences 2.0 back in 2012 and it has worked great for me ever since.  I just did a fresh install of Windows 11 on my PC and was about to install Fences again and noticed that Fences 4 is available now but it seems to have almost the exact same feature set as 2.0.

Can anyone tell me why I should upgrade from 2 to 4?  Is there really a compelling reason?  I might do it anyway just to have the latest since it's only about $8 for the upgrade, but I wonder if I should bother or just keep using Fences 2.

What do you guys think?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Not sure if Fences V2 work on Windows 11. But, Fences 4 does. You should do the 30 days free trial and see for yourself if Fences 4 worth for you or not. https://www.stardock.com/products/fences/

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks for the reply.  By the way, I'm not having any issues.  I'm just curious as to why I should upgrade from Fences 2.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting HitchSlapped, reply 2

Thanks for the reply.  By the way, I'm not having any issues.  I'm just curious as to why I should upgrade from Fences 2.

Fences4 is designed to work with and including features for Windows11 

Fences2 is not . Try the Trial you'll see .

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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Quick update:

I ended up buying Fences 4 because for the price, why spend more time thinking about it (especially since Fences 2 has given me so much benefit over the past 8 years I have owned it)?

My findings after half a day of use:

  • 4 is better than 2 but it's not night and day - the differences to me are there but not huge... yet.
  • I like the greater granularity with appearance customization.
  • I like the roll-up feature.
  • I like the flexibility to the rules.  I have not dug into that yet to see how I can use it more, but I see how the rules system can be quite powerful.

Otherwise, it does most of the same things Fences 2 did for me.  I'm glad I upgraded and expect to get another 7-8 years out of it before I may feel like upgrading again.

Nice piece of software that does the job you want, but isn't too complicated if you don't want it to be.

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