Fences 4 is NOT working with newest Windows 10

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Others have already started topics about this but it doesn't look like you guys are taking this seriously because after a lot of posts in those topics, it still is not resolved...

https://forums.stardock.com/516160/not-enable

https://forums.stardock.com/518015/page/1/#replies

I caught a virus so I had to do a complete windows reinstall. I just installed the newest Windows 10 22H2 directly from MS. This is a brand new install and the only other software installed is Discord and Avast. Fences just WILL NOT WORK. Dragging rectangles does not work. In Basic Options, the checkbox shows that Fences is enabled but when I right click on desktop there is an option to Enable fences so clearly it is not enabled. Fences does not appear in the Task Manager.

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. But, it is working fine on my Windows 10 system. Below is a screenshot of my system running Fences latest without issue. And, if it actually no longer working on Windows 10 we will get a lot more reports. Please let work together and try to resolve the issue your are facing on your system.

 

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

My point is, I am not the only one in the world with this issue... It is clearly happening to others.

Here is what I have tried so far...

Uninstalled Avast anti-virus
Removed all icons from desktop except for Recycle
Followed procedure for Clean Boot
- Still not working

Used Fences Purge
Reinstalled Fences
- Still not working

No idea what else to try.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi Crawfishy,

Sorry to hear you are having trouble.

Are you familiar with navigating around the command prompt (dos)?

If so can you navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Fences and run Fences.exe /forceinitialsetup ?

Paul Scroggins
Associate Technical Support Analyst

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Funny, that it seems to occur on fresh installs.

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Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

TPScroggins... No prob...

I did that and it pops up the "Getting Started with Fences" window.
I then clicked on "I'll create fences on my own" and the window goes away.
Then the Fences config window appears. I double check at the bottom of the Home section to be sure the checkbox is checked for "Enable Fences"... it is checked.

Still cannot make any fences.

I agree with the post by c242... It seems to be an issue with new Win10 installs. I think that was what the other people had done in their topics with this same problem. Before I had to blow away my HD and reinstall windows, I was already running the newest Win10 22H2 with all updates installed and Fences was working fine. That is exactly what I have now but just a fresh install. That is why you are not hearing about this issue with "Everyone" with Win10. FYI: This is the newest Win10 available for download from MS.

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Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

May I know, what version of Windows 10 reported by Winver.exe on your system?

 

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks for the report back. I forwarded the issue 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

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

All,

I have logged this issue with the developers (Internal Reference: FEN177)

Paul Scroggins
Associate Technical Support Analyst

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting crawfishy, reply 8

Version 22H2 OS Build 19045.2846

Crawfishy,

Just to confirm as we research more into this issue, are you running this on a VM?

Paul Scroggins
Associate Technical Support Analyst

Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top

Since there are a couple of post with this seemingly related issue, let's go ahead and locked this one and move other to the other one to continue the discussion

https://forums.stardock.com/518015/unable-to-get-fences-410-to-work

Crawfishy, please post your response there

 

Thanks!

Paul Scroggins
Associate Technical Support Analyst