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Reply to After update to 6.52, how to go back a version? in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi Roy, there was a known performance issue in v6.52. Please give v6.54 a try and see if it resolves? Yes uninstalling and reinstalling a new one will be fine, just be sure to say no to erasing your settings during uninstall, and be sure to reboot before trying to reinstall. v6.54 you can install right on top of v6.52 and just reboot after install to apply <a href="https://stardockcorporation.sharepoint.com/sites/software/Shared%20Documents/Forms/

Reply to Cannot move fences between pages in Fences Stardock Forums

Oh wow so it's specific ones! The one thing that comes to mind – if "View" → "Show on all pages" is set for a specific group, then that group will not cause the pages to switch, i.e. what you're seeing. But, I'm guessing you'd notice. (Perhaps?) So perhaps there's a bug around that. Be sure to create a report so that we can try to find/fix, and after that, maybe try toggling View → Show on all pages on and off for the group that is "stuck". Maybe that fixes. An

Reply to Fences 6.52 Release Feedback in Fences Stardock Forums

I can confirm, looks like a licensing issue. 2026-08-12 01:33:31,623 - ACTIVATION PROBLEM - unable to read SAS License file. Will need to look into ways to debug this further, but a couple things that come to mind: - Clearing out the licensing directory, i.e. remove "%programdata%\Stardock\Fences6" and then log off and log back on. Re-activating should resolve the issue, if indeed a problem with %programdata% permissions was related. (If no activation screen, o

Reply to Cannot move fences between pages in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi spaceart, you can roll back to any version without losing your settings yes, just be sure careful to not click "remove settings" during uninstall and everything will pick up where it left off. (Also, be sure to reboot after uninstall, before reinstalling.) If you install a v5 copy on top of v6, tabs will become ungrouped. Curious to see what's going on but indeed, we're trying it on our test machines and are not seeing this. If you'd like to submit your settings via Ab

Reply to Fences 6.52 Release Feedback in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi deadleader6, this type of problem is typically an installation problem, or a codesign certificate problem on the machine. Please try giving it an uninstall and reinstall? Just be sure to say "no" to removing your settings during uninstall and it'll pop right back. (Reboot needed after uninstall, but not after the reinstall.)

Reply to version 6 issues - rollback in Fences Stardock Forums

w00t! thank you for the response! We'll be getting this out pretty quick as it's a quick patch to the current release. Unless we find anything else we want to adjust, will be same version number so no additional update.

Reply to after installing Fences, desktop icons are all crowded together. in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi, I see an update is installing in your screenshot. Could you try the update, v6.52 and see if it helps? Direct link to the latest copy is here: https://stardockcorporation.sharepoint.com/:u:/s/software/IQC6v4VusCvVTYVKBNfWZqyDAbkG_KTrb6DEN33aindl67c?e=cia2A1

Reply to Feature request: Command-line / CLI support for saving & restoring Fences layouts in Fences Stardock Forums

Definitely not an unusual setup! We have users with 7+ monitors. v6.52 has significant improvements in this area, so, disappointing it's not resolved. Would be glad to take a closer look if this continues to happen with your new setup.

Reply to Spacing between icons is auto set. No option to change that?? in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi, please try "Fix icon spacing" and log out / log back on. Loose desktop icon positioning is a Windows setting. Per my colleague's comments above, I'm wondering what the icon spacing is like on desktop with Fences disabled? We've made adjustments to spacing logic to fix issues on systems that have undergone DPI changes, so looking to make su

Reply to version 6 issues - rollback in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi cag_dk, if you still have your F6 license and/or wish to start a trial, I think we may have fixed this. There was a pretty clear "two systems fighting eachother" issue that found its way into the last release. Feel free to try the beta at this link https://stardockcorporation.sharepoint.com/:u:/s/software/IQC6v4VusCvVTYVKBNfWZqyDAbkG_KTrb6DEN33aindl67c?e=cia2

Reply to Fences 6 Bug: Desktop Folder Rename Also Renames Icon Inside Fence Tab in Fences Stardock Forums

Got it. Yikes. Ok. This is note good, so we'll get looking at this. "Create new folder" → rename causing issues is something we've heard before, but believed was resolved. Hopefully Control+Z helped undo. Let us know if you're able to reproduce.

Reply to Feature request: Single click to satrt apps from fences in Fences Stardock Forums

Sure thing. We've forwarded your note the to dev team.

Reply to Feature request: Single click to satrt apps from fences in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi slamani, You can do this today by enabling the setting from Explorer, within its options panel Though, we are looking at finding a way to add this so you can enable it on the desktop only. Does the above take care of it, or are you looking for desktop only, not "all of explorer"? Thanks for your thoughts

Reply to version 6 issues - rollback in Fences Stardock Forums

Thanks for the report, noted. Yikes. If you'd like to use the functionality About → Troubleshooting → Create troubleshooting report, we can take a look at your settings just in case anything jumps out. We're going to look to see if there are any conditions that might cause this. Please hold!

Reply to Fences 6 Bug: Desktop Folder Rename Also Renames Icon Inside Fence Tab in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi Elizabeth, Was this "Scanner Folder 2001" inside a Fence group, and it got renamed while hidden? Was this group rolled up or otherwise scrolled off screen? It sounds like multiple things got renamed? What triggered the action, do you know? Was it "Create New Folder" and then renaming that new folder, or just a rename of an existing file/folder? Thanks for the information

Reply to version 6 issues - rollback in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi HomeCallPC. Can you share more? What actions in particular feel sluggish. Thank you

Reply to 6.52 Fence cutting off desktop Icons name. in Fences Stardock Forums

Ok! We'll have to take a closer look at this, as it seems like it has been this way for a long time. I.e. running Fences 5.00 does the same thing. So, will have to give it a think about what to do with this. Not to say "can't fix", but, should definitely take caution as it will impact a lot of people to make any change, and, possibilities of things going wrong. Tricky, as it if started excluding icons the very moment there was overlap, then it would be overly aggressive about doing so

Reply to 6.52 Fence cutting off desktop Icons name. in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi jeffis, looking forward to figuring this out. It seems sortof like those icons are cut off by a Fence group that is overlapping them. Is that the case? I'm guessing NVIDIA1111 is on the general desktop, and VLC is in a group. And guessing it might just be black background on black background, so it looks like it's cut off, but really it's just obscured? <img src="https://cdn.stardock.us/forums/6/50/650776/991e4ae8-ec3e-4618-9622-91b848d2a060.png" alt="" width="152"

Reply to Copy a whole Fence in Fences Stardock Forums

This would be cool. It definitely cannot do this because the icons only appear on the desktop once. We've considered before adding ability to "convert" a Fence into a Folder Portal, in which event you would be able to duplicate. But, a downside would that if it were a Folder Portal, manual ordering is not possible – i.e. it would have to be alphabetical, or date modified, etc etc. This might not fix your use case as result, but, might this get close?

Reply to Fences 4.2.3 – Recently, after a restart, all Fences with icons move to the main screen in Fences Stardock Forums

We're continuing to update Version 5 with all back-ported bug fixes, and just released a new major update to it last month. So, I'm not sure I follow. We encourage you to find something that works for you if ours does not, but of course are always hoping to do a good job such that you're feeling our software is worth $10 per 12 months of usage, so that we can continue to reliably fund development. This issue is a complex topic, with a complex solution. It might not seem like i

Reply to Feature request: Command-line / CLI support for saving & restoring Fences layouts in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi cnw_uk, good news, if you're not seeing it, it should be on as it is now on by default. If you continue seeing the problem with the new version available v6.52, let us know and we'd like to gather more debug data from you to try to help us see the problem, but hopefully this resolves it. Thanks for the help in return

Reply to Desktop icon's can no longer be placed under rolled up folder portals after upgrade from V3 to V6 in Fences Stardock Forums

For sure! If it's all patched up for you, feel free to purchase an additional license down the line for your use or for sharing and glad we could help.

Reply to Deleting fences and contents in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi dod, thanks for bringing this up. Indeed- it was a scant used feature (and a destructive one at that), and so it was removed some years ago. The team is always open to hearing about new use cases however. At minimum, an idea that comes to mind might be "shift + click" reveals this option, might be a possibility to bring this back. (Unintuitive, but, perhaps you might have found it?) In particular – we'd love to hear more about you usage, if you'd have the patience to

Reply to Add feature: Desktop pages add infinite scroll between pages in Fences Stardock Forums

Got it! Noted for team thank you!

Reply to Add feature: Desktop pages add infinite scroll between pages in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi, not sure what is meant here, could you share more?