Can't Uninstall Fences

August 30, 2022 12:30 AM from

My trail ran out for fences a long time ago. It still functions but you cant move any fences around or add any more icons into them. I decided to uninstall and when I click on the uninstall.exe in my fences folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Fences\uninstall.exe) it gives the error message

Invalid start mode: archive filename

What do I do now? And I can't just delete the folder because the program is in use. I booted in safe mode, safe mode with command prompt, no uninstallation or deletion can happen. I tried running the install.exe to hopefully repair some files, that didn't work. I do not want to have to reinstall windows just for this.

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Reply #1 August 30, 2022 2:22 AM from

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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Try this, go to taskbar manager, Go to startup tabs see if Fences still listed there(twice). Disable both from startup there. Reboot, try uninstall again. If still fail, try, purge steps as mention here : [Link]. Reboot after the purge. Retest and report back here.

Thank you,
Basj,
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