Fences not starting at boot after last update / purge / reinstall

Hello,

Sorry to hear you having issue. Need more information. When you enable Fences, do you still see your desktop icons? i.e. no Fences and all icons are on desktop? Or nothing on your desktop?

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Hello, at the moment Windows is working as it should, with my icons on the desktop but w/o fences. 

Selecting "Enable Fences" doesn't actually seem to do anything. 

Additionally, I can run Fences using the icon on my desktop and I have disabled Hotkeys, Quick-Hide, Roll-up Fences, and Desktop Pages.  But I can't create fences.

Did you try loading your saved layout snapshot? Also check if you have not accidently locked your Fences.

And

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Thank You.  I don't actually see the "lock fences" option under View, I only get the "Enable Fences" option per the screen capture above.  Previously I did try to restore an older snapshot after one of the reinstalls but more recently as part of uninstalling and after purging I deleted the stardock folders in appdata/local and appdata/roaming, and the snapshots were no longer present.   If I try to manually take a snapshot now I get the error attached to this post.

Please try cleanboot and see if it help: [Link]

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Sure.  I have done that before w/o success but I have tried it again.  The behavior hasn't improved even with a new admin account and following the clean boot procedures

What happened if you try to enable Fences? Do the view ->Lock Fences appear?

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

No, it doesn’t seem to do anything at all.

Hello,
I have forward your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Also, while waiting, please try Sandbox: [Link] 

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Thank You, Basj,

I created a sandbox and installed a trial version of Fences within it.  The behavior hasn't changed, even in the sandbox, as far as I can tell.

I forward your issue again to Support. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

I'm having the same problem.  Fences was working great but the system crashed and had to re-install Windows 11.  The symptoms is exactly the same as above.  

I've loaded and clean installed Version 4.0.7.2 a number of times.

The Windows 11 install is a clean install with only Chrome and Thunderbird installed above all the junk Microsoft puts on the system.  

I've tried all the hints above and nothing is working.  I really like fences and would like to get this program to work.

You reinstalled Windows 11, format OS Drive and then install or install over?

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Hello,

I just got objectdesktop subscription yesterday, I tried to install and use Fences on Windows 11, but it's not working, uninstall, reinstall, multiple times with no luck, I cannot create any fences on the desktop, tried all the above options with no luck, I wonder if it's a win11 compatibility issue?

Thanks

Please start your own new thread. We will try to help you there.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Not sure what you are asking.  I clean installed Windows 11 because the system crashed.  The disk partition(s) were reformatted.  I cleaned install Fences 4 multiple times by uninstalling and running the install program.  Rebooting each time in the process.  

Hope this answers your question.

@ howard

Your issue is mixed in with other issues.

Please post your issue in a new thread.

For further help .

Basj, FYI, I found a previous version of Fences, 4.1.0 on cnet.com.  If I install that version Fences works fine, if I upgrade to the latest version of Fences the desktop icons go away and Fences doesn't work.  This is very consistent, I don't have to uninstall or purge to switch between the versions, I just run the installer for 4.1.0 it works, run the upgrade it doesn't work, re-run the installer for 4.1.0 it works again.  So when support is ready I can recreate the issue consistently.

Also, in the middle image of my first post I incorrectly assumed that the two processes configured to start with Windows would have "fences" in the process name and that they weren't starting. I know now that the two processes aren't named fences but rather uses rundll32.  They do start at windows startup after the upgrade even though fences doesn't work.

Sorry, but I need to clearify, Did you get the latest version via ODM (ObjectDesktop Manager) or update button via Fences or download directly from your account? https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products. If you did via ODM or via Fences update button, have you ever tried direct download from your account And, use that version instead.

Also, just sharing something, do you have any issue on your Windows 11 update? Have you update to the latest Windows 11 official update properly. I am asking because I had a similar Fences issue on my system. Fences simple won't start or won't finish install. But, I also notice that my Windows 11 update is having installation error. All issues, Fences and Windows update, gone after I do a manual download and install new Windows 11.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Hi, Basj,  I don't know what ODM is but I have tried both A) letting 4.1.0 update itself in response to the notification that an update was available, and downloading the most recent version from the Website and installing it.

I haven't had issues updating Windows 11.  I even just downloaded and installed the latest updates and tried to upgrade Fences but the behavior hasn't changed.  One thing that did change is that the desktop icons were visible and in the right place on the desktop, but they didn't have any fences around them and I couldn't create new fences.