Dr W - Fences Support

Reply to Documents goes back to one fence after reboot in Fences Stardock Forums

If this does not work, please send us a copy of your settings. You can do this by using regedit.exe. Instructions: Open RegEdit.exe and navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Fences". You can right click the "Fences" key on the left (the navigation tree), click Export from the menu that appears, then upload the exported ".reg" file. But yes please adjust the setting recommended by basj, as that is likely to resolve. Since you have "don't present my layout", you'

Reply to Fences 5.5 New Layout Engine Thread in Fences Stardock Forums

Ha– @CrazyMC, agreed! We'll be doing another localization pass in September as some strings re-settle.

Reply to Fences 5.81 Beta Release Thread in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi PhoenixRising1, unfortunately this is a technical limitation! Cannot maintain the blur during animation. It should restore once settled to the other page; let us know if it does not.

Reply to Fences placed at bottom of desktop don't roll up properly in Fences Stardock Forums

W00t! Yes those are exactly the numbers I'd expect. (But yes the solution does not make any sense. But hey sure.) Glad it has gotten fixed!

Reply to Fences placed at bottom of desktop don't roll up properly in Fences Stardock Forums

😮‍💨 Unfortunately, not sure. There is for certain no lines in code in Fences that modify this, which could only be accomplished with a call to SystemParametersInfo with SPI_SETWORKAREA. I hope it can be figured out!

Reply to Fences placed at bottom of desktop don't roll up properly in Fences Stardock Forums

Sigh alright. So there's the bad news. There is something on your system that is messing with the Work Area on the system. Those numbers should not match. <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/nf-winuser-systemparametersinfoa#:~:text=primary%20display%20monitor.-,The%20work%20area%20is%20the%20portion%20of%20the%20screen%20not%20obscured%20by

Reply to Fences 5.80 Release Feedback Thread in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi Francky, we recommending using the new layout adjustment system. Have you tried this out and if so are you still experiencing the issue? You'll want to enable "Store my layout on a per-monitor-configuration basis", make an adjustment to your layout (to make sure it sets in; give it a moment after making the change) and then try unplugging/replugging any monitor, and it should restore itself just fine. <img src="https://cdn.stardock.us/forums/48/71/4871965/78d

Reply to Fences placed at bottom of desktop don't roll up properly in Fences Stardock Forums

Just for good measure and for testing purposes: AFTER taking notice of "does this happen on taskbar on both screens or just the one", I also recommend turning all 3 of these settings off and trying it out further: And turning this one on. (Which, I recommend turning this one on in any event!) <img src="https://cdn

Reply to Fences placed at bottom of desktop don't roll up properly in Fences Stardock Forums

Aye. Unfortunately these numbers looks fine. This won't be definitive but just as a next step. Give this a run, and screenshot the output? You can just run it directly from the Downloads folder. It's programmed to just read the screen info and show it in a dialog. This will test on the C# Config side as opposed to the integration itself – which would require more debug info be put into and new installer release via the team – but it may give a hint. I'm more or less expect

Reply to Fences 5.80 Release Feedback Thread in Fences Stardock Forums

@Dave, well, this is embarrassing. It was the existence of the letter "|" (pipe symbol) in your title, that had it unable to read. It's probably been messing up other stuff, too! I've resolved this for future releases, v5.82 and beyond (coming up), but in the meantime, you might want to recreate that fence without the pipe symbol and see what happens. Starting with 5.82, you'll have no problem using pipe in the title. Thank you v much for the find!

Reply to Fences placed at bottom of desktop don't roll up properly in Fences Stardock Forums

I see. So there is no luck pulling the fence away, turning autohide off, and then docking it on top of the taskbar then? From the video it was not apparent that autohide was toggled on/off in settings at that time, but yes I see the taskbar extended, you moving the fence and it not attaching. Could you send the configuration of these monitors? Perhaps it has something to do with what's going on there. The best way to access

Reply to Fences placed at bottom of desktop don't roll up properly in Fences Stardock Forums

[quote who="vpacione" reply="15" id="3938651"] ok, that was not too bad. As described previously, it works without the task bar, but not with a task bar. [/quote] Sorry to report but this is working by design. It is docked to the bottom of the screen.

Reply to Fences placed at bottom of desktop don't roll up properly in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi vpacione I tried to review your video but it says it’s private. Could you adjust the settings? Thanks very much for the report

Reply to Fences 5.80 Release Feedback Thread in Fences Stardock Forums

@Dave - Aye! Ok. So a couple things. 1) That list we found does not update with new groups until the dialog is closed and re-opened, so if you close and re-open the dialog, I'm wondering if anything appears. We've fixed this for our next beta release v5.81 coming out soon, in addition to adding additional messaging there instead of it just being blank. 2) If after closing and reopening there's still nothing, I'd want to take a look at your settings. You'll want to capture the

Reply to Fences 5.80 Release Feedback Thread in Fences Stardock Forums

Hi David, what Fence groups do you have created on your desktop? For reference, Folder Portal groups will not appear in this list, which perhaps we should make more apparent. But yes in any event, thanks for sharing more?

Reply to Fences conflict with Windows Explorer in Fences Stardock Forums

[quote who="Dr W - Fences Support" reply="15" id="3937879"] We'll be releasing a v5.81 beta next week, and it will have a new regkey option HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Fences\Settings UseSHChangeNotifyInterrupts = (DWORD) 0 There will be output to dbgview.exe "SHChangeNotifyRegister not using SHCNRF_InterruptLevel" to confirm the option. This output can be enabled by setting HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock Debug = (String) "1" (witho

Reply to Newly installed Fences don't work in Fences Stardock Forums

[quote who="Roebie" reply="11" id="3936375"] Doesn't work. I get this reply: host stardock-com. mail. protection. outlook. com[52. 101. 9. 24] <div style="font-family: -apple-system, Bl

Reply to Fences 5.80 Release Feedback Thread in Fences Stardock Forums

Correct. As Sean shared, we are decreasing the prominence of backups as they are of much less use now with the new "Store my layout on a per-monitor-configuration basis" ability, released in Fences 5.5. Previously some users used Backups as a way to "correct" their layout as they moved between systems with different monitor setups, manually storing their layout before they switched, and restoring later when they changed their monitor setup. This was not a great solution and filled wit

Reply to Fences 5.80 Release Feedback Thread in Fences Stardock Forums

PapaNinjago is use of backups part of your regular daily flow? We'd like to learn more about how you're using the product if so.

Reply to Fences 5.80 Release Feedback Thread in Fences Stardock Forums

[quote who="Blaine Tellis" reply="12" id="3938240"] After downloading Fences 5.80, when scrolling through icons, they still move 1 1/2 lines rather than one line at a time. No other applications show this behavior. [/quote] Hi Blaine, Are these Folder Portal fences or regular icons on the desktop? Do fences with regular desktop icons scroll as expected? We may be seeing a problem with Folder Portal scrolling. Please confirm?

Reply to Sort by Drag and Drop doesn't work in Fences Stardock Forums

Right right. I guess the question I'm thinking about is, I'd love to learn about your motivation for that being your home page. Do you use the backups feature often? And what for? Any images you might be able to share about how you make it useful in your workflow? Appreciated for the insight as we continue to develop the product 🙏

Reply to Sort by Drag and Drop doesn't work in Fences Stardock Forums

Can you share more about what you mean about the backups being the start window for the Fences tool? Thank you

Reply to Fences conflict with Windows Explorer in Fences Stardock Forums

We'll be releasing a v5.81 beta next week, and it will have a new regkey option HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Fences\Settings UseSHChangeNotifyInterrupts = (DWORD) 0 There will be output to dbgview.exe "SHChangeNotifyRegister not using SHCNRF_InterruptLevel" to confirm the option. This output can be enabled by setting HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock Debug = (String) "1" (without quotes) We can see if that helps the situation. You'll need to

Reply to Fences conflict with Windows Explorer in Fences Stardock Forums

Excessive! It does and it doesn't. So, we probably shouldn't be needing to do that ForceFoundSlideshowResult lookup as much and can cache the result. However, these are just simple Windows registry (database) lookups which are highly cached and your system performs tens of thousands of these per second, so, the 20-50 shown here wouldn't make much a dent in anything. But I love where your head is at! Have added code to a subsequent release to increasing caching on that lookup, but, I d

Reply to Objetdock 3 CRASHES in ObjectDock Stardock Forums

Hi all – we have a fix available internally, but there is no timeline for a release. The issue is due to a path that is too long. ObjectDock currently only supports paths up to MAX_PATH which is 256 characters. They behavior can get a little imperfect (automatic image handling and naming won't work), but we've extended this limit now to 2000 characters. @pelaird, since there is no timeline for a release, you can get a copy of this patched copy at <a href="https://www.dropbox.c