Fences, please don't display icons at bootup in their scattered form

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I used to have a solution for the ugly boot time icon view before Fences begins.  I'd disable Fences, make sure Windows booted with icons not visible and then re-enabled Fences.  Unfortunately, that only helps for a few reboots and then the ugly icons appear again.

Is there a permanent solution?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. I always have my fences rolled up or down to the top or the buttom of my screen. So it almost hidden away. But I think you also have a setting on Fence to set the disable "always show icons at startup". Its in Fences config -> Quick hide -> additional options : untick "Always show icons at startup" that should do it.

 

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What I mean is I see the scattered icons before they're put into Fences.  I have the box unchecked for show icons at startup.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting gevansmd, reply 2

What I mean is I see the scattered icons before they're put into Fences.
End of gevansmd's quote

I see that sometimes but specially when Explorer.exe hang. Usually restart explorer.exe will solve the issue. If it happen everytime you startup. You might try the purge and reinstall steps : https://forums.stardock.com/486084/fences-support-faq#reinstalling

Just make sure reboot after the purge and reboot again after the reinstallation.

Try it and see if it helps.

Thank you,

Basj
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The purge worked until the fourth reboot and now the scattered icons appear again before Fences kicks in and makes them disappear.  That's pretty much how it always happens.  I can clean iyt up for a while but it returns.  I did several reboots to see if the desktop would remain clean, but as I already said, after the fourth time, the mess was back.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

My guess, something is making it happened on boot-up. Please try the cleanboot and see if it can help and point to which apps is having conflict with Fences. https://forums.stardock.com/486084/fences-support-faq#cleanboot

Try it and report back.

Thank you,

Basj
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I agree.  Something is changing the setting in Windows that displays or doesn't display desktop icons before Fences kicks in.  There doesn't seem to be a way to make Fences start up sooner so they don't display.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
I have forwarded your questions to the Stardock Support team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate you feedback and patience.

Thank You,
Basj
Stardock Community Assistant.