shortcuts arent going to the right fence

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This used to work fine but i was using it on windows 10, this is my first time using fences on 11 (in case its related).

either way ive tested this a few times now and i have program shortcuts set to go to a fence called shortcuts.  each time it ends up in my downloads fence which is downloads > downloads.  

the only rules for downloads is 7z, exe, iso, msi, rar, zip

is it just skipping the .lnk portion and following the shortcut to its endpoint (exe) and putting it with the exe's in my downloads fence?

i tried changing the fence to another fence but same result, put it in downloads again.

worth noting the former was my experience with installing a program which created a desktop shortcut.  i also tried creating a shortcut manually and dropping it on the desktop, it just stayed there.  was put in no fence at all. 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Can you post your Fences Rules setup, something like below.

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

this what youre looking for?

tried changing it to documents and testing too, but shortcuts still went into downloads.  im at a loss.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

the only rules for downloads is 7z, exe, iso, msi, rar, zip

If you disable rules for download, does it goes to Shortcuts? Also, how do you set those files type you mentioned above?

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

 

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

yes disabling downloads which is set like this

does begin sending it to shortcuts.

I think its flat out ignoring the fact its an .lnk as i just tested two types of shortcut.  created one from an exe > downloads.  created one from an .ico > media.  neither went to shortcuts.

bug maybe?  cannot see how it cant be.  i imported these rules via backed up registry from win10 and it worked just like this there but perhaps theres something im overlooking, dont put it past me :P

either way the behavior should be checking for .lnk and automatically sending it to shortcuts.  it appears it is looking at the name or following the shortcut to its endpoint.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Try Re-order your rules. And put the shortcut above of the download. That should send your shortcut to your shortcut Fences first before the Download rule applied.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

okay, went through a bit more testing.   definitely something weird going on.  if i remove exe from downloads rules, it'll still send exes there and it'll begin sending exe shortcuts to shortcuts.

problem is lets use .ico for example.  i send those to a media fence. ico shortcuts go to the media fence, yet if i remove ico from media rules then the shortcuts dont suddenly begin going to shortcuts (and this would leave my non shortcut icos without a place anyhow) but it begins leaving them on the general desktop instead. 

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 5

Try Re-order your rules. And put the shortcut above of the download. That should send your shortcut to your shortcut Fences first before the Download rule applied.

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Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant



tried this forgot to mention.  i put shortcuts all the way to the top.  didnt change anything :(

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

it has to be looking at the shortcut target and/or not checking the extension for some reason.  im not a developer but this appears to be wrong.  shortcuts should be a check for extension > .lnk > shortcuts fence, full stop. 

it is evidently checking it in some circumstances as evidenced by the removal of exe/disabling of downloads rule allowing it to function.  yet that only works with exe as removing ico from download rules on my media fence does not allow ico shortcuts for example to go to the shortcuts folder regardless. 

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

I think it best to forward your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 9

I think it best to forward your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant


thank you basj, i appreciate your time and help.  i'll keep an eye!

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello again,

I notice that this issue has been picked up by Support and was able to reproduce internally. And they bugged it in. Thank you and appreciate your report on it.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 11

Hello again,

I notice that this issue has been picked up by Support and was able to reproduce internally. And they bugged it in. Thank you and appreciate your report on it.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant


good deal, guess its just a waiting game :)

thanks for passing it along! 

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

any movement on this at all?  just want to make sure its still on deck to be fixed as its been about half a year now.

Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

No, no movement I can report back yet.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top

Just  wanting to keep this from going dark.  Im a stardock fan but a bit perplexed on how something like this can make it a  year and a half without being fixed. 

preeeeeetty fundamental feature of the software and its already seen an entire major version upgrade. 

shortcuts are an oft used windows feature, never mind sorting being a huge fences feature. 

Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry, not sure what happen, I have forwarded your problem/question again to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting klepp0906, reply 15

Just  wanting to keep this from going dark.  Im a stardock fan but a bit perplexed on how something like this can make it a  year and a half without being fixed. 

preeeeeetty fundamental feature of the software and its already seen an entire major version upgrade. 

shortcuts are an oft used windows feature, never mind sorting being a huge fences feature. 

You are seeing this in the current released version of Fences 5 (5.54), yes?

Ticket opened, internal ref: ODNT-8455

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

Reply #18 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting sdrohan, reply 17


Quoting klepp0906,
reply 15

Just  wanting to keep this from going dark.  Im a stardock fan but a bit perplexed on how something like this can make it a  year and a half without being fixed. 

preeeeeetty fundamental feature of the software and its already seen an entire major version upgrade. 

shortcuts are an oft used windows feature, never mind sorting being a huge fences feature. 



You are seeing this in the current released version of Fences 5 (5.54), yes?

Ticket opened, internal ref: ODNT-8455

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager



correct, latest version 5.54. 

it's been present since fences 4 but i was just reminded due to having installed something that explicitly asked for shortcut to desktop (non-default) which i confirmed and watched it not go to the shortcuts fence.  I moved it there manually like I've been in the interim. 

Reply #19 from Stardock Forums Top

We have identified the issue and a fix will be in the next version.

Thank you for the report an patience.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

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Reply #20 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting sdrohan, reply 19

We have identified the issue and a fix will be in the next version.

Thank you for the report an patience.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

great news, thank you!

Reply #21 from Stardock Forums Top

I read through this and see that this is supposed to be fixed with next version. I have 5.80 and it is not working. So is this referring to a version after 5.80?

Reply #22 from Stardock Forums Top

Sorry, to be clear, I was making a new rule that would take shortcuts - or files with lnk extension, and move them to a Miscellaneous folder. That will not work.

Reply #23 from Stardock Forums Top

yea was dissappointed to see no mention of it being fixed in the most recent changelog

Reply #24 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Sunwheel9, reply 22

Sorry, to be clear, I was making a new rule that would take shortcuts - or files with lnk extension, and move them to a Miscellaneous folder. That will not work.

Quoting klepp0906, reply 23

yea was dissappointed to see no mention of it being fixed in the most recent changelog

Just checking and verifying, are you using the latest version available posted here: https://forums.stardock.com/529991. If you not yet, please do try this version and see if your issue still there. Report back here, so I can forward this to Support.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #25 from Stardock Forums Top

I was not using that version. I downloaded and installed and the new version works for the shortcut rule I was trying to make.