"Store my layout on a per-monitor-configuration basis" messes up icon positioning after resolution change [SOLVED]

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Good afternoon,

I'd just like to report a bug with the "Store my layout on a per-monitor-configuration basis" under layout management.  With this setting enabled a few of my icons from various fences I have will re-arrange themselves upon resolution change (like when opening a game for example) in the same incorrect order every time, requiring manual re-configuration.

System Info:

Windows 11 Pro 22631

Fences 5.86 (rev 8)

Auto-arrange off

Single Monitor

 

I can confirm that this issue doesn't occur with "Store my Fence group positions on a per-screen-resolution basis (legacy)" enabled instead. 

According to Fences, the per monitor option should also store per resolution and the two should be identical when using a single monitor yet the legacy option seems to be working better here.

Moved to Fences area

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi thor220, thanks for the report.

I'll have a bunch of questions here, but first one – does this happen every time or just sometimes? If just sometimes, does it happen enough to where you can reproduce it if you try? Or is it fairly rare... once a day or less.

It's the icons within the Fence groups that are scrambled, yes? And do you have one monitor or more than one.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Dr, reply 1

Hi thor220, thanks for the report.

I'll have a bunch of questions here, but first one – does this happen every time or just sometimes? If just sometimes, does it happen enough to where you can reproduce it if you try? Or is it fairly rare... once a day or less.

It's the icons within the Fence groups that are scrambled, yes? And do you have one monitor or more than one.

Thanks for the reply,

It happens every time and it always scrambles the same icons in the same order.  I can reproduce the issue on command.

Correct, it is the icons within a fence that are scambled.

I have just a single monitor setup.

Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Perfect! So we may have a solution baking for this internally.

Give this a try:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gk3k3vc6wpiqjcktvod1q/UpdatePatcher_Debug_2024_12_21__9_51_10_pm.exe?rlkey=02mihpgsgcpr5dy3wsx3d0m8a&dl=0

This update patcher will update your existing installation in-place, no restart required. You can verify by checking the version after and noticing v5.87 (Rev 4)

Be sure to say yes to "Restart explorer" in the end, and let's see if it takes care of the issue (or makes it worse). Fingers crossed it takes care of it! If not, then we'll have some more debugging to do. Thanks for your help.

 

 

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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Thank you, I've went ahead and requested access to the file.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Dr, reply 5

Good to go!

Appreciate it, I can confirm that the issue is fixed after applying the update patcher.