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replace document icons after editing

January 27, 2019 7:07:03 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

I have sorting set to place new icons on my unfenced desktop.  When I open a document from within a fence (say in Word), edit it without changing its name, and save & close it, the icon is not restored to its original fence as I'd like, but placed again on the unfenced desktop.  I can not find a way to change this behavior.  If it exists, please tell me how.  If it does not, please add this as a request for Fences 4.

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basj
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Reply #1 January 27, 2019 8:36:45 PM
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Hello,

I have forwarded your request to the Stardock support team for their review and recommendations. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We really do appreciate your feedback, Thanks.

 

Basj

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Reply #2 January 29, 2019 4:57:42 PM
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basj - Does your reply mean there is currently no way to do what I want?

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BigDogBigFeet
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Reply #3 January 29, 2019 7:00:22 PM
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Where does the document exist within Windows on the Desktop?  or in the Documents Folder?

If you used a shortcut to your document that would keep it in the Fence (or should).

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Reply #4 January 29, 2019 7:44:25 PM
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Quoting imagexideas,
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basj - Does your reply mean there is currently no way to do what I want?

From my understanding/observation of using Fence, whenever I edit a file that in one of my normal fence, not portal fence, it stays there when I saved it. It never moved to desktop or anywhere else.

I guess this is how Fences sorting work. It just apply its rules when files coming in into desktop area, and it will send it to it preset fences according to user rules. But once the files already inside desktop area, the rules no longer applies. But this might be just me.

Now from reading you question again, in your system it moved out from its fences once you saved it?

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Reply #5 February 2, 2019 4:36:55 PM
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Based on the posts from BigDogBigFeet and from Basj, I did an experiment.  I created a Word file and saved it to my Windows 10 Desktop folder.  The icon for the file appeared on my desktop screen outside any of my Fences.  I then dragged the file icon into an ordinary Fence on my desktop screen.  I reopened the file by clicking on the icon, made a small edit, and saved the changed file.  Back on my desktop screen the icon had disappeared from its Fence and appeared in the unfenced area.  This is the behavior I posted about.

Then I created a new Word file and saved it to my Documents folder.  I created a shortcut for this file and placed it on my desktop, then dragged it into the same Fence.  Now when I opened the file by clicking on the shortcut, then edited and resaved it, the shortcut icon was still in the Fence where I had put it.

So BigDogBigFeet was right:  files in the Desktop folder do not stay in their Fence after editing, but files located in a different folder with a shortcut in a Fence will keep the shortcut there after editing.  This gives me a workaround, but I suggest that in Fences 4 files located in the Desktop folder with their desktop icon in a Folder remain in the folder after editing.  I cannot see why anyone would want them to migrate back to the unfenced area just because they had been edited. 

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Reply #6 February 4, 2019 7:18:04 PM
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It's Windows that is re-writing the file location when you save it.  That's what is causing it to pop out.  Windows "sees" the file as located on the Desktop and "refreshes" your desktop accordingly.

The reason the workaround works is the shortcut is a different object from the file.

I never (or only temporarily) place files directly to the Desktop.

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