Hello,

Please disable Quick-Hide option under Fences.

Thank you,

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant

Hello,

I have forwarded your problem 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.

Yes, both items are enabled as depicted. The Fences startup delay is still there.

What do you suggest trying next?

I also have this issue.  I'm running very current hardware i5-7300HQ and PCIe SSD so the hardware isn't an issue.  Disabling Fences shows all desktop icons immediately at logon.  If you right click when the desktop fences haven't appeared yet they will almost immediate load.  My guess is by invoking the right click menu which has the Fences option causes Fences to load immediately.  Is there any option that Fences could be made to run as a service and set to a higher priority?

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need more information.

Its better to start a new thread since not all problem is similar in nature. Please also let us know.

1. OS version.

2. Fences version.

3. Is the PC/Laptop in an office environment? Do it have Forcepoint or Websence installed.

Thank you.

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant.

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues. Please explain your problem. Similar issue to what? Slow respond or crashing?

And while you at it please let us know, what is your Windows 10 Pro version? (Use "Winver.exe" is best at getting that information)

Thank you.

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant.

Setup: Windows 10 v1809 OS build 17763.55 (latest). Docking station with two external monitors connected and laptop screen being used as well.

The issue is a delay in startup and unrelated to any deliberate delay imposed by the OS. I had to also do a fresh install. I've also noticed that if I disable or remove the two startup entries for Fences, it can still activate after an interaction with the desktop (i.e., by right-clicking). Not sure why it would launch.

Sticking to the original post, my system is delayed upon login with Fences enabled. At times, I don't even see the taskbar and I have to unload explorer and then reload it. Either that, or sign out and back in again.

I didn't need to do that since I had a fresh install. In any case, my work around is working out for the moment. Like I had mentioned on a previous post, I had removed/disable the entries so Windows 10 will login a little more quickly and then just right-click on the screen to activate Fences since it seems to be hooked into the desktop's context menu.

I have a similar problem. Having re-installed all my software onto a new desktop, including Fences 3.0.9.11, when I start up the pc the icons and the fences fail to appear on the desktop. I have to double click on the right mouse button before they appear. Desktop 'View' does not have 'show desktop icons' ticked on start up, although in Configure Fences under quickhide, 'Always show icons at start up' is ticked.

There seems to be a conflict between desktop and Fences.

Hello AzDude

I followed your recommendation, but it's made no difference. With Fences uninstalled, my desktop icons appear rapidly on start up. With Fences, they don't appear until I right click on the desktop and this is with both "automatically show icons when desktop is in use" and "always show icons at start up" ticked in Fences settings. I did wonder whether my Bitdefender Security has a problem with Fences, but that doesn't appear to be the case.

It's a strange one.

Hi again AzDude

Sorry, turning Bitdefender off again makes no difference.

Mike P

Hi Sean

I should have checked the replies more carefully. They were disabled, but no longer and desktop icons appear readily at start up again.

Much obliged.

Mike P.

I was still unhappy even with both of them activated. I fixed it by disabeling them and instead creating a scheduled task for "c:\program files (x86)\stardock\fences\Fences.exe" /startup that triggers 2 sec after login.