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Fences keep moving to primary Windows 10 display

April 3, 2019 12:39:42 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

I have four displays set up in Windows 10.  Two are on VGA, and two are through USB connections.  I have an extensive set of fences on the two USB displays.

Frequently when I boot up my computer, all of the fences wind up on the Windows 10 primary display (on VGA) instead of the displays I created them on. 

Restoring a snapshot has no effect.  The same fences are still on the primary display.

I have to manually move the fences back to their correct positions on the intended displays.

I am running Fences 3.0.9.11.

On Layout features and snapshots, I have the following items set:

-"Story my Fences' positions on a per-screen-resolution basis."

-"When I plug in a new primary monitor, move my icons to it." 

Could either of these be the problem?

Any suggestions?  Should I try moving the fences to the VGA displays just in case?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

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Reply #1 April 3, 2019 12:52:50 PM
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Hello,

I have forwarded your report 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.

AzDude
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sdRohan
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Reply #2 April 3, 2019 1:00:10 PM
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Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having trouble.

Two are on VGA, and two are through USB connections. 

Almost everytime we read such a report it is rooted in people using USB connected monitors - we don't know why but it has some effect on how any primary monitor is seen, by Windows, using that connection type. 

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Mist_Dragon
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Reply #3 April 23, 2019 7:24:10 PM
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Actually I have 4 monitors and all are display port, I like to have all my icons on the top left monitor which is not the primary monitor.  I installed a new graphics driver and it moved everything to the primary monitor...including all the fences.   So I went to restore the snapshot, which nicely arranged them on the primary monitor.

The top monitors are 1440p resolution and the bottom ones are 4k, so there is a resolution difference, and moving them from the 4k to the 1440p monitors changed the size of the fences as well to be a lot bigger (most likely the resolution increase on the 4k monitors).

Just would like the snapshot restore to put them back where they were prior to things like a driver update.

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Aquavano
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Reply #4 April 29, 2019 1:30:53 PM
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I have similar problem.  2 monitors - both 4k.  Nvidia. Windows 10.

awake from sleep or reboot swaps my fences to the opposite screen.

 

Restore snapshot only works sometimes ... usually not. VERY frustrating.

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Reply #5 April 30, 2019 12:23:34 AM
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Same issue. Dual monitors both using DP. Nvidia. Windows 10. One 4k and one 1080. Happens almost every boot. Restoring snapshot doesn't always work.

Also happens if I lock computer, turn screens off while in use (not unplugging), or computer goes into power save. 

Emailed support (#FFT-776-47999) and their response was "If you look at the forums you will see how activate they are... If you post in the forums, you will be helped." Well, I'm here looking in the forums almost two months later because I can't put up with this anymore. This still seems to be an unresolved issue and the only response from Stardock is "I have forwarded your report to the Stardock support team for their review and recommendations." or blaming it on a USB connection most of the reports here aren't using?! Will someone just please answer/fix this?   

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Reply #6 April 30, 2019 1:03:55 AM
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Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues. But I been using Fences on my 2 monitors. Never I have my fences move around as mentioned here. I wonder what is the setting on your system for the Fences Layout (Marked in red). I was using two monitor both 1920x1200 before. And last week I get my new 4K monitor and replace one of my 1920x1200. But upon reboot all my fences still there. Obviously, I need to do some minor Fences moving if change the scaling from 100% to 150%. But once its set. The location stick everytime I reboot. Now, I have saved layout for my 100%, 125% and 150% just incase work require me to change my scaling. All tested and its working for me.

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Reply #7 April 30, 2019 9:31:33 AM
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well one issue for me is that I have all the icons on a monitor that is NOT the primary, so setting that checkbox would for sure move them more than they do now.  They generally stay put, but a driver update at some point I think has disabled all but 1 monitor and that causes them to move.  This isn't something I blame fences for, it was when I said restore the snapshot that it didn't put them back on the non primary monitor.

So, it's annoying when it happens, but not a daily thing.  I'm also not the average user having 4 monitors along with 2 at one resolution and 2 at another.

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Reply #8 April 30, 2019 9:39:27 AM
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Quoting Lord Darkstorm,
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I'm also not the average user having 4 monitors along with 2 at one resolution and 2 at another.

Any of them USB connected?

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Reply #9 April 30, 2019 11:54:09 AM
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no...I haven't used a usb monitor in....5 plus years...all display port.

 

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Reply #10 May 16, 2019 10:40:44 PM
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Not sure if this might help, but I have noticed a pattern in my case. 

To be clear, i've been seeing the same problem for a disturbingly long time on multiple systems. 
It's been happening since I installed windows 8.1 and upgraded to fences V2, so I just eventually setup my systems to not turn the displays off unless required. 

For reference, this is on a laptop (using a displayport dock for two screens and displayport direct from the gpu output for the primary), my work desktop (2x hdmi, 1x diplayport, 1x dvi), and my personal desktop (1x hdmi, 1x displayport, 1x DVI). 

The only common factor on all of these systems is that they all have multiple GPUs driving separate displays without using SLI. (intel+nvidia, nvidia+nvidia, Nvidia+nvidia+amd)... 


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Reply #11 May 20, 2019 10:02:39 AM
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Dear all, 

I have the same problem and that's why I save the configuration but it never succeed to apply it after. All fences remain on the "bad" screen. 

Thanks for your help

Emmanuel

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Reply #12 May 27, 2019 1:09:44 PM
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 I have noticed now that  The order in which I power on the monitors after arising from sleep,  can change and sometimes fix the problem. So when the problem occurs, I set the monitors off and then experiment with turning one on at a time and then the next. Sometimes it works. 

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