Duplicating fence configuration between installations

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I have Fences6 6pack and would like to duplicate fence configuration on another computer that shares a OneDrive account.

I am doing this so that I have a backup machine. 

Is there any way to duplicate my fence groups on the 2nd machine after I install Fences6, or do  I have to manually set up the same fence groups in the 2nd machine and manually move each icon onto its respective fence?

Appreciate your assistance.

Earl

Stardock Software Fences Type: Question
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Please review these guides on how to backup your setting. 

  1. https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1331331082/Backup+and+Restore+the+Layout+of+Fences
  2. https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1416429609/Backup+of+Fences+Configuration+Settings

Thank you,

Basj,

Stardock Community  Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi, please see here for instructions on how to copy your layout to a new machine:
https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1331494954/Transferring+Fences+Settings+to+a+Another+Computer

We are considering a sync feature in the future but do not have one developed at this time. If developed, it would likely sync the groups and which icons are in the groups (and their ordering) such that both machines are kept in sync regarding the existence and contents of groups. It wouldn't be able to maintain sync on where the groups are placed between the two machines, as machines often have different screen resolutions, but, it would allow you to copy the positions from one computer to the other. Until such time though, this hasn't been developed, so please see the manual transfer instructions above. Thank you!

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Please confirm I understand this correctly:

All I need to do to duplicate the fence/icon grouping on one machine to another, that contains the same Desktop files, is the following:

  1. copy the contents of
     C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Stardock\Fences\Backups from the current machine to the same folder in the new machine.
  2. on the new machine, use the "Layout" ->"Restore a backup" to duplicate the fence configuration from the old machine.

While I appreciate your video, I would rather not attempt to mess with the Registry if not necessary.

Thank you,
Earl