Fences 3.0.9.11: sending an icon to the desktop is too slow

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Dear all

Like some other people - for I've seen this complaint before, though I am afraid I do not recall where - sending an icon to the desktop (in, I think, any way) is too slow. The process produces an hourglass for some eight seconds and that is on a computer with a quadcore, 16GB of RAM, a SSD and which generally is in at least fairly good shape. (Windows 10 Pro 1909.) Can anything be done about this?

Things I have tried to no avail:

  • updating Fences (I have the latest version already);
  • trimming my SSD;
  • defragging the spinning drives to which some of my desktop icons point;
  • updating Windows

Something I am reluctant to do: reinstall Fences; for, it would a hassle and it might achieve nothing.

Further details

  • I have Fences set to put new icons in a particular fence.
  • I have ten fences (and surely having many Fences is sort of the point of the program and there is no way that a computer with my specs has to lag in the way that I have described).
  • I am not using 'desktop pages'.
  • I suppose I could try using 'folder portals' instead. EDIT: I have just tried this. It did not improve speed.  I thought perhaps that the Windows 'send to' function might be the problem, but even saving a document (an almost empty one) to the desktop produced the hourglass (and did not go the fence - or rather portal - I told Fences to send it to).
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Also: I tried just now to reinstall Fences, via the 3.09 installer. The installer crashed each time I ran it. And the link to 'my downloads' via this website seems not to work at all.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues.

What version Windows ( full version ) use winver.exe

How many monitors ?

Monitor Resolution and Scaling ?

 


AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

AzDude: thanks.

  • Windows 10 Pro 1909 18363.959.
  • One monitor.
  • Resolution: 2560 x 1440.
  • Scaling: 225%.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Please try some suggestion offered here if it applicable to you and see if it helps. Report back.

Starting from reply#11 and above.

https://forums.stardock.com/490929/page/1/#3747145

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks but . . starting from reply 11 and above? Do you really mean above? (If so, why not say, 'down to reply 11'?) If you mean (only) the suggestion about switching GPU: I have only one GPU. Also, I reached these conclusions: Windows can be slow at sending to the desktop; Fences makes it worse. I have decided to dispense with Fences and indeed to entirely avoid having icons on my desktop.