Sorting never works properly and never has

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I don't know why sorting has and still is so bad. I select to sort by Date Added to Fence, Date Created or Date Modified and it never works properly. I most often need to see what was just added as whatever comes in goes to the Desktop so I need to either see it or move it somewhere else. Unfortunately, it rarely is in the right position. All too often it winds up in the middle of the other items which makes for a lot of wasted time

Why is that?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need more details on your system.

  1. Windows full version and OS Build number. Please use Winver.exe.
  2. Fences full version number.
  3. Your Fences rules setting.
  4. A video showing us the issue might also help us understand your issue better.

Thank you.
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I've sent the video here which answers your questions: https://we.tl/t-dNca4o2py0. As to the rest:

  1. Edition: Windows 11 Pro
  2. Version 23H2
  3. OS build: 22631.4169

This has always happened, even with Windows 10. As you can see, I've been using it for years and finally decided to spend some time to ask about this odd behavior.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello, need to know your full Fences version number.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I made a short video showing simple sort function:

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

The Fences version is 5.84.

When you click on the background nothing happens. The only way to sort is by the menu on the left bottom corner, as shown in the video. 

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Please try purge and reinstall steps as mention here : [Link]. Do the purge as mention in the guide, re download the latest version that available to you from your account page. Reboot after the purge. Reinstall and reboot again after the installation. Retest and report back here.

Your saved layout snapshots should still be there after the purge, but if you worried you can use this guide to backup your layout snapshot: https://forums.stardock.com/486084/fences-support-faq#backupsnapshots

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.