Fences 3.16 Released
Fences 3.16 Changelog
- Miscellaneous installer changes
Fences 3 News
Major Fences v3.13 Released
Fences helps you organize your PC by automatically placing your shortcuts and icons into resizable shaded areas on your desktop called fences. Its many customization features are what make Fences the world's most popular Windows desktop enhancement.
[h2]Changelog for 3.13 (A culmination of v3.1, v3.12, and v3.13)[/h2]
Feedback thread
https://store.steampowered.com/app/607380/Fences/
[h2]Changelog for 3.13 (A culmination of v3.1, v3.12, and v3.13)[/h2]
Feedback thread
- Fixed issue where rollup Folder Portals were not rendering icons properly
- Fixes for Wallpaper Engine compatibility
- Fixes Windows Explorer crashes from crazy long (URL) shortcuts paths
- Fixes issues where Steam users could be prompted for a Stardock key under certain conditions
- Improved startup times
- Disabled icon move animation (currently disabled with new installs only)
- Resolved issue with folder portal 'flicker'
- Resolved incorrect sorting (name, date, etc) of icons outside of Fences on the desktop
- Fixed an issue with roll-up Fences where icon artifacts were left behind
- Much work was done to get icons to correctly go to proper monitors on multi-monitor systems
- Fixed issues with single width Fences (Fences with one icon horizontally)
- Addressed issues with MS Office icons not remaining in Fences after edit and temp file creation.
- Fixed an issue where restored snapshots were not also restoring color settings
- Fixed issue where selecting icons on desktop could select hidden icons in a roll-up Fence
- New feature: Target based Rules: For example, works for 'steam' links, or any .lnk, .url, or .website file. (Resolves the target, and applies the match to the target).
https://store.steampowered.com/app/607380/Fences/
Fences 3.13 Release Notes
Stardock has released v3.13 for Fences with the latest fixes and improvements.
[h2]Change Log[/h2]
[h2]Change Log[/h2]
- New Feature: Target-based rules.
- Fixes for Wallpaper Engine compatibility
- Fixes Windows Explorer crashes from super long URL shortcut paths
- Fixes issues where Steam users could be prompted for a Stardock key under certain conditions
- Improved startup times
- Disabled icon move animation (new installs only)
- Resolved issue with folder portal 'flicker'
- Resolved incorrect sorting (name, date, etc) of icons outside of Fences on the desktop
- Fixed an issue with roll-up Fences where icon artifacts were left behind
- Lots of work to get icons to correctly go to the proper monitors on multi-monitor systems
- Fixed issues with single width Fences (Fences with one icon horizontally)
- Addressed issues with Microsoft Office icons not remaining in Fences after edit and temp file creation.
- Fixed an issue where restored snapshots were not restoring color settings
- Fixed issue where selecting icons on the desktop could select hidden icons in a roll-up Fence
Fences 3.12 Opt-in
Fences 3.12 Opt-in
Let’s try this again…
As many of you are aware, Stardock released Fences 3.10 on Steam late last week (July 22nd), and as you may have noticed, it did not go well. Actually - to say it did not go well would be like retelling the Vesuvius eruption as just another cloudy day in Pompeii...
What happened
We had been working on Fences 3.10 for some time – it was up in beta for our Stardock.com customers for several months. It contained a bunch of stuff we were excited to release.
We’d gotten some reports of an issue with Wallpaper Engine and started to take a look, but from our knowledge, the overlap of users with Wallpaper Engine + Fences was quite low so we were OK moving forward with the update while we looked into it. With that, and since the beta on our website had gone well, we decided to go ahead and get the update out on Steam at the same time we released at Stardock without doing an opt-in beta on Steam first. This combination did not turn out well.
In retrospect, Steam would be exactly the place where there would be folks experiencing Wallpaper Engine / Fences overlap and we should have never released on Steam at all while we were still figuring out a solution.
We discovered that WPE issues had actually been introduced into the last version put onto Steam in 2020, but most people didn’t have this version. It was a small update, so we hadn’t pushed it out to existing users (anyone who installed 2017-mid2020). So we had spent our time looking at where in all the recent changes something might have gone wrong. Forum members quickly pointed out that 3.0.9.11 worked whereas 3.0.9.23 did not, which led us right to the answer.
More discussion can be found here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/607380/discussions/0/3055114073639412141/
Within a day, we decided to forgo scrambling to attempt a fix and yanked 3.10 – replacing it with 3.09.11.
What we’re doing
We must start with an apology. We are sorry that certain miscalculations and decisions caused frustration for our customers and support issues for the Wallpaper Engine team (thank you for your help, Tim from WPE). We're also very thankful for the help the Steam population provided – directly contributing to the eventual solution.
With that, Fences 3.12 is now available as a Steam opt-in; once we’re confident the issue is resolved, we’ll be releasing to all.
In the meantime, cheers, and enjoy your Fences + WPE combo!
- Stardock Software
Getting Fences 3.12 Op-in
Fences 3.12 is a culmination of two revisions.
3.12
3.10 (taken down quickly for issues above)
Let’s try this again…
As many of you are aware, Stardock released Fences 3.10 on Steam late last week (July 22nd), and as you may have noticed, it did not go well. Actually - to say it did not go well would be like retelling the Vesuvius eruption as just another cloudy day in Pompeii...
What happened
We had been working on Fences 3.10 for some time – it was up in beta for our Stardock.com customers for several months. It contained a bunch of stuff we were excited to release.
We’d gotten some reports of an issue with Wallpaper Engine and started to take a look, but from our knowledge, the overlap of users with Wallpaper Engine + Fences was quite low so we were OK moving forward with the update while we looked into it. With that, and since the beta on our website had gone well, we decided to go ahead and get the update out on Steam at the same time we released at Stardock without doing an opt-in beta on Steam first. This combination did not turn out well.
In retrospect, Steam would be exactly the place where there would be folks experiencing Wallpaper Engine / Fences overlap and we should have never released on Steam at all while we were still figuring out a solution.
We discovered that WPE issues had actually been introduced into the last version put onto Steam in 2020, but most people didn’t have this version. It was a small update, so we hadn’t pushed it out to existing users (anyone who installed 2017-mid2020). So we had spent our time looking at where in all the recent changes something might have gone wrong. Forum members quickly pointed out that 3.0.9.11 worked whereas 3.0.9.23 did not, which led us right to the answer.
More discussion can be found here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/607380/discussions/0/3055114073639412141/
Within a day, we decided to forgo scrambling to attempt a fix and yanked 3.10 – replacing it with 3.09.11.
What we’re doing
We must start with an apology. We are sorry that certain miscalculations and decisions caused frustration for our customers and support issues for the Wallpaper Engine team (thank you for your help, Tim from WPE). We're also very thankful for the help the Steam population provided – directly contributing to the eventual solution.
With that, Fences 3.12 is now available as a Steam opt-in; once we’re confident the issue is resolved, we’ll be releasing to all.
In the meantime, cheers, and enjoy your Fences + WPE combo!
- Stardock Software
Getting Fences 3.12 Op-in
- Take a snapshot of your current Fences desktop:
https://cdn.stardock.us/support/uploads/2021-07-28_13-48-55.png - Uninstall the current version of Fences you have now (your snapshot is not removed)
- Reboot
- Opt-in to the 3.12 Beta (right-click Fences in Steam -> Properties -> Betas):
https://cdn.stardock.us/support/uploads/2021-07-28_13-49-58.png
Fences 3.12 is a culmination of two revisions.
3.12
- Fixes for WPE compatibility
- Fixes Windows Explorer crashes from crazy long (URL) shortcuts paths
- Fixes issues where Steam users could be prompted for a Stardock key under certain conditions
3.10 (taken down quickly for issues above)
- Improved startup times
- Disabled icon move animation (currently disabled with new installs only)
- Resolved issue with folder portal 'flicker'
- Resolved incorrect sorting (name, date, etc) of icons outside of Fences on the desktop
- Fixed an issue with roll-up Fences where icon artifacts were left behind
- Much work was done to get icons to correctly go to proper monitors on multi-monitor systems
- Fixed issues with single-width Fences (Fences with one icon horizontally)
- Addressed issues with MS Office icons not remaining in Fences after edit and temp file creation. Example: https://forums.stardock.com/503237/icons-persistence
- Fixed an issue where restored snapshots were not also restoring color settings
- Fixed issue where selecting icons on desktop could select hidden icons in a roll-up Fence
- New feature: Target based Rules: For example, works for 'steam' links, or any .lnk, .url, or .website file. (Resolves the target, and applies the match to the target)
https://forums.wincustomize.com/504083/updatestatus-on-url-protocol-rulefilter
NOW AVAILABLE: Fences v3.1
Major Version Update for Fences Now Available
Stardock released a major update to Fences, its popular Windows desktop organization software, today. Fences creates a one-of-a-kind experience for users by automatically organizing their Windows desktop shortcuts and icons in shaded areas, offering a clutter-free workspace for creating.
Fences tucks files and folders away in plain sight with designated portals while also providing the functionality of pulling specific content onto the creative workspace. Based on preference rules, users can customize how icons are viewed and where files originate from.
The 3.1 version update for Fences adds a new feature: Target Based Rules. Using this option, users can access something like a Steam link, or any other .lnk, .url, or .website files right within their fences. In addition, v3.1 improves startup times and disables icon move animations, plus makes several other improvements based on user feedback. This includes eliminating folder portal ‘flickers’ and incorrect sorting of icons outside of the fences on the desktop. v3.1 also improves the way icons and fences work on multi-monitor setups.
Users have several options for customizing fences. The “portals” feature allows users to create a desktop portal from any folder, which automatically populates the folders’ contents into an easy-to-find Fence. Quick access to a commonly used folder without having to open Windows explorer is just one of many things that makes Fences ideal for organization and easy to use.
Users can create “pages” on their desktop, accessed with a simple right or left swipe. Choose which Fences remain on each individual page and find them easily when switching between tasks. For people who use their PCs for dozens of different assignments and activities, the “pages” feature allows for easy organization and a seamless flow from task to task.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/607380