Icons will not go to assigned places

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At one point all of my icons were nicely living in their corrals and a few months back they stopped playing nice.  I do not think that it is related to an upgrade with fences but here is what I have done to try to fix it. 

  1. Restore from a previous snapshot.
  2. Name a new fence and have all new icons automatically go there.
  3. Disabled Desktop pages
  4. Uninstall and reinstall Fences.
  5. Purge and reinstall using the batch file hosted on this site.  

I have tried just about everything I can think of as well as take advice from the forum here the last few months but finally, I am throwing in the towel.  Below is a summary of my system configuration. Any more info will be gladly provided. 

Thanks, 

-Brian

 

System Information report written at: 05/10/18 11:17:37

System Name: OTTO-THE-RED

[System Summary]

 

Item Value

OS Name Microsoft Windows 8.1

Version 6.3.9600 Build 9600

Other OS Description Not Available

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Manufacturer TOSHIBA

System Model Qosmio X75-A

System Type x64-based PC

System SKU PSPLTU

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/Date Insyde Corp. 1.50, 4/18/2014

SMBIOS Version 2.7

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Are you saying that Rules are not working?

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Well yes, the rules are certainly not working but also icons are not staying in ANY assigned fence,

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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

First, make sure you have not locked Fences:

Quoting bsmeehan, reply 3

In fact, icons cannot be moved at all on the desktop.  
End of bsmeehan's quote

If you have the 'Auto arrange icons' (also in that image), it would do just that, auto arrange them.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

What are the rules that you set?

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

Is all new file set to go to desktop? I am asking because, from my observation, the rules only apply if you send those files to desktop. If, for example, you download something and it was saved into a download folder. Than that will not move into that Fence. but once you move that to desktop it will be send to that fences.

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting bsmeehan, reply 7

Only rule that I have is to put new files/folders in the 'New' fence.
End of bsmeehan's quote

Also, there is no rule that will create a Fences....

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

Right - my language was a bit off.  The fence is named New.  A better name ( which I use on my desktop ) would be sort.  All new icons in the later case go to the 'Sort' fence and then I place in the appropriate fence.  Did not mean to imply that when a new icon is added a new fence would be created.  That actually would be a nightmare! :D  ;P  :P  

To speed this up a bit I am going to do the following.  

  1. Uninstall fences using the uninstallation batch file.
  2. Eliminate any files in the user/AppData directory.
  3. Check the registry for potential Stardock/fences references.
  4. Reinstall.

If there is anything that seems helpful let me know. 

Hopefully, I can get clean and meaningful logs.

Is there a .config/.properties/.whatever file where settings and rules are stored?

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

Great. Please report back. :thumbsup:  

Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello, 

So I have removed the Fences3 application, deleted the AppData and removed all references in the registry, but the problem still persists.  

I have made a video and posted it on YouTube below.  A description is included with the video.  

Let me know if there is any confusion or questions. 

 

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Looking at your video. I notice you have black background. I cannot tell if you have fences turn on or off. And all those icons is inside a fence or its on the desktop. I am not sure how to help you. Please make another video with a wallpaper on and clear area between fence and desktop.

for example something like this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ6ryfOVR_c

thanks

Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top

At this point, fences is uninstalled and to the best of my knowledge all fences3 keys, as well as the AppData, is deleted.  However, I believe that this is somehow an artifact that I may have missed.  

If I reinstall fences, I have the same result BUT I can create fences.  And I can not put any of the icons in those fences.

Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top

Ah.. got it. Since you already said that you have try purge and still the problem there. That shows it no longer fences problem. As far as I know purge will delete all traces of fence.

I would suggest try the elevated command of sfc /scannow. You can google on how to do it. That will check if you have any corrupted files and it will replace it too.

Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top

OK will do - I agree this does not seem like it should be a Fences problem at this point but may have been something you and your team have seen before.  

I will run the command and report back later today

Thank you for your time and input!

-Brian

Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting bsmeehan, reply 16

OK will do - I agree this does not seem like it should be a Fences problem at this point but may have been something you and your team have seen before.  

I will run the command and report back later today

Thank you for your time and input!

-Brian
End of bsmeehan's quote

Great :thumbsup:

Reply #18 from Stardock Forums Top

Ok ran the command and it returned with: Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

So that looks good. 

I did find this thread on Microsoft and it sounds like you are guiding down the same path - if so I will follow this and get back to you if I experience anything different than what this thread suggests should happen ( I have not read the whole thing but I am guessing it has a happy ending :bebi: ). 

Windows 8.1 Moving Desktop Icons Problem

P.S. I am not sure what that emoji is or means but it seems right.

Reply #19 from Stardock Forums Top

Ok ran the command and it returned with: Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

So that looks good. 

I did find this thread on Microsoft and it sounds like you are guiding down the same path - if so I will follow this and get back to you if I experience anything different than what this thread suggests should happen ( I have not read the whole thing but I am guessing it has a happy ending :bebi: ). 

Windows 8.1 Moving Desktop Icons Problem

P.S. I am not sure what that emoji is or means but it seems right.

Reply #20 from Stardock Forums Top

Great. Please let us know your findings.