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rci137

Join Date 08/2013

GOT to be a way to stop this insane auto arranging! PLEASE.

Ok, Fences was going to be awesome... really. Looks great.

Too bad I can't use it.

This auto-arrange bogosity has to stop.

I realize that it forces the software to support a horizontal scroll bar... so... ***add a horizontal scroll bar already*** (for non auto-arranged use).

My god, this is the most annoying slice of hell ever. I so regret using Fences right now. Sorry to be such a pill about it, but this is frustrating beyond belief. I have VERY SPECIFIC WAYS I arrange my icons. I don't need some piece of code thinking it always knows best.

PLEASE get this fixed. Begging you. Please.

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I agree, this and the mandated take-over of my desktop icons has caused me to stop using Fences.

I've purchased most of StarDock's apps, but have stopped using everything but Start8. They're all great but have 1 or 2 small but incredibly annoying/frustrating features. Worse still is that each issue has been brought to their attention for quite some time, and they simply won't change/fix them. At this point, I'm unwilling to buy any more of their programs specifically because of this.

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I honestly don't know what you guys mean. I have Fences 2 running and my icons do not auto arrange. They stay where I put them, within a fence. In the order of my choosing.

Please be more specific and I can try to help.

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I agree, this and the mandated take-over of my desktop icons has caused me to stop using Fences.

I've purchased most of StarDock's apps, but have stopped using everything but Start8. They're all great but have 1 or 2 small but incredibly annoying/frustrating features. Worse still is that each issue has been brought to their attention for quite some time, and they simply won't change/fix them. At this point, I'm unwilling to buy any more of their programs specifically because of this.

There is a big difference in a "feature" that you may dislike/find annoying, and an "issue".

Issues are fixed, where possible. Features that you may or may not like are a matter of preference and not a support issue.

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Fences was working great for me in Windows 8.0. I could arrange the icons as I wanted and they'd stick.

Then I updated to Win 8.1 and I, too, got the auto arrange thing. I reverted to a layout snapshot of the date before I updated. This kept the proper arrangement. However, whenever I boot up, the autoarrange kicks in and then the screen flashes and the snapshot is applied.

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DrJBHL

Join Date 04/2002

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