Testing the beta
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 by Philly0381 | Discussion: Fences
Whoops, didn't even figure that I would be the first post.
Had no problem downloading and getting Fences to open.
Menus look very nice and clean, informative with just enough info.
No problems with moving the Fences around or resizing them.
I was at a slight disadventage since I don't have a desktop with lots or even a few icons. Lets see there is the trash bin and then the Fences icon and, that's it.
I did notice that it doesn't play nice with a couple of programs, Stardock Virtual Desktop, woundn't show the different wallpapers by desktop (cleared up with uninstalling). Right Click doen't show the options for Fences. Not sure if there are others.
Unless I just couldn't see it, it saw no way to close or shut down Fences.
Understanding that this is a side project, what is the estimated time for the beta and when will updates be issued?
I can see how this would or could be usefull to what you might call power users, programmers/developers or possibly even skinners. Some my say you could use ObjectDock Plus for this also. I think though the agrument could me made that ObjectDock Plus would be for more permanent items while Fences would be utilized for the short term projects that people would be working on.
Now comes the question if I would use Fences, probably not, but that does not mean that it doesn't have the potential to become a popular desktop management tool.
Looking forward to reading others comments.
Reply #42 Saturday, November 1, 2008 3:20 AM
I wonder if there could be an option to "roll up" a fence to a label only so icons I'm using only from time to time wouldn't take up space on my desktop
Reply #43 Saturday, November 1, 2008 9:48 AM
I just downloaded v 0.92 via impulse to check it out this weekend, i have learned in the past that u never install beta software, late at night, hence u end up staying up all night,
Reply #44 Saturday, November 1, 2008 9:26 PM
Looks like we can now hide individual Fences which were apparently a problem before but...
There is still a problem with conflict on RightClick as the options for Fences still do not show up on the menu of RightClick.
So far that's the only problem I've come across, but I just started checking it out so we'll see what it does. Very nice and slick, easy to use program, I like it a lot ![]()
Reply #45 Sunday, November 2, 2008 9:27 AM
All the draems are there but I notice that if I try to use one it crashes explorer. I get the message that "explorer needs to restart". I hope this can be fixed because I like the FENCES program. I agree with others that it would be nice to be asble to disable the program. (the crash occurs with Vista Home Premium 32 bit)
Thanks for great programs STARDOCK!!!
Reply #46 Sunday, November 2, 2008 11:20 AM
I've applied fences and so far so good, I'm also on XP but I don't have the same problem as Messiah does, when I right click on a wallpaper it appears on the desktop as it should, I have even got wallpaper folders in my fence, open them up and I can use the R/C set as wallpaper function from there as well....as I say so far so good, I am actually pretty chuffed with this application, even with running multiple projects...word doc., photo's you name it, the Fence's are co-operating just great...thank you for a great little piece of software, that is pretty awesome
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Reply #47 Sunday, November 2, 2008 4:11 PM
Thuglife - if you have the new build from this Friday/Saturday, then I believe the bug that messiah reported has been fixed in that version. Thanks for confirming, and for the great compliments!!
Reply #48 Sunday, November 2, 2008 9:30 PM
Awesome program, and I can really see myself using this thing almost every day
However, I have a question/issue... when I right click on the Fence to change the name, I get no Fences-specific menus. I still get the normal display right-click menus, whether I right-click on a fenced area or the rest of the desktop. Anyone else have this problem?
Running XP SP3 and WB....all up to date
Reply #49 Sunday, November 2, 2008 9:45 PM
Hey Jeff, just started playing with Fences and I have found a way to turn it off, sort of, loading IconX disables Fences. The strange thing, I think, is that even icons I have moved from desktop to Fences still load properly when I load IconX.
Reply #50 Sunday, November 2, 2008 11:19 PM
Just installed the new beta,
The problems I was having before with the fences config have vanished !! thanks for the fix!
thanks for the new "exclude this fence" feature. I like that I can choose which fences I want to show at any given time. also nice is the "change the name of this fence " before if I wanted to do that I would literally have to delete the fence and create a new one .
Is there a possibility of "skinning" the fences in the future? (beyond the color and transparency changes) ... I mean, some like sleek as it is now, but sometimes ya just want to have fun and chain link or split rail or even electric fencing would make things more original ![]()
Reply #51 Sunday, November 2, 2008 11:35 PM
I don't get anything new when I right click the desktop, as it says I will...see shot. Supposed to right click the desktop to edit fences. Hmmm...

Reply #52 Monday, November 3, 2008 3:40 AM
I'm using v 0.92.708 and have had no problems. I did find a hiccup while using WindowFX to hide desktop icon text; Fences takes control of all aspecvts of the icons without checking for previously existing hooks. The workaround is to disable Fences, hide the text with WindowFX then re-enable Fences. It is necessary to do this at every reboot. I do some skinning and am a programmer as well so reboots are no stranger to me. BTW I'm on XP pro sp3 and up to date on my OD subscription, using dual monitors on a home network.
Reply #53 Monday, November 3, 2008 11:36 AM
I'm the same as you Jim, I don't see it in my desktop R/C.
But what I am writing in for is to say how awesome I think this is for the reason of when you use winrar wizard or anything of that nature, it actually picks up the folders in "My Computer" so you can actually drop photo's or walls into the folders you have in fences, I don't know about you folk, but I am using it for quick access to folders as well as cleaning up my icons, but to tell you the truth the only icon I have in their is my recycle bin, the rest is folders....I think this is an awesome little big app.....congrats Stardock
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Reply #54 Monday, November 3, 2008 11:45 AM
1st would like to thank ya'll for including me in the BETA. I just got the 0.92.708 version installed and was curious since I haven't seen anyone yet with a twin monitor situation post yet.
Personally this is something I can really use since I average about 20-30 icons on my desktop at a time. Is nice to be able to place the Fences with all the mess onto my top monitor and my dbl. clicks on my main monitor don't effect the Fences. If I need to get into them I just go to the secondary monitor and everything acts normally. (Well, what I presume is normal..hehe) Only been messin with them 20 minutes now and am impressed. Nice to see what my backgrounds look like again.
Currently running 4 Fences with about 6 shortcuts and folders in each with not hiccups. Only curiosity I have is why the "My Computer" and "Recycle Bin" icnos still show through when the Fences are closed. Would be nice to see them hide also since I am aware of where I placed them. They do obediantly stay inside the Fences though.
Haven't seen anything odd yet, but, will be posting occasionally. Sure am curious my if Ol' Man Grates is so smart why this wasn't an idea in any of his "fabulous" products. hehehe
Reply #55 Monday, November 3, 2008 12:39 PM
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Reply #56 Monday, November 3, 2008 12:51 PM
LivinTarget - those are set by default to still show when your fences are hidden. Perrhaps I should turn that default off, it seems to cause more confusion than anything. You can reset them by right clicking those icons and unchecking "Exclude from quickhide"
Glad you're [all] enjoying the product ![]()
Reply #57 Tuesday, November 4, 2008 2:58 PM
AHHhhhhh .... DOH!!! .. I guess if I'd have looked at the context menu instead of being so busy changing and adding to clear my desktop I'd have seen that...LOL. This is so KEWL dude. Can't thank you enough.
Reply #58 Monday, November 10, 2008 3:24 PM
Everytime I create a new shortcut on the desktop, explorer freezes and has to be 'restartet'
I'm not sure if it's because of Fences since it can't be shut down.....
Everything else keeps on working just fine. It's just the desktop that appears to be inaccesable.
Could someone else try that please? (rightclick desktop -> new -> shortcut)
The shortcut gets created but Explorer goes belly-up.
Thanks
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Reply #59 Monday, November 10, 2008 3:58 PM
The shortcut gets created but Explorer goes belly-up.
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Reply #41 Friday, October 31, 2008 9:52 AM
Same here. At least a note of rejection would be nice. I'd stop waiting then.