Edited by Admin for clarity: Sean Drohan
I never got Fences 5.81 to work properly. Initially, it wouldn't allow me to add icons to any fences, rendering the fences I created useless because they were empty. That was only part of the issue. Every time I rebooted my PC—which I do daily—the fences would reset, returning to their initial empty state.
I might have reinstalled Fences 5.81 at some point, and after doing so, the icons started to populate the fences, and I could create portals to folders. Everything looked fine, but after the next reboot, the same problem occurred: the fences were empty again, and all my folder portals were gone.
Customer service wasn't helpful; they expected me to troubleshoot the issue by sifting through loads of posts, which was overwhelming. The one post I found that seemed related mentioned dual monitors, but that wasn't my issue. My problem was that every time I rebooted, everything reset to the first time I installed Fences 5.81. Nothing I tried addressed this issue.
Frustrated, I gave up on Fences 5.81 and reverted to Fences 2.0. However, Fences 2.0 initially wouldn't load either, giving me a notice that it was "corrupted" and needed to be reinstalled. I couldn't add a single fence to Fences 2.0. I tried setting compatibility to Windows 7 and checked "Run as Administrator," but Fences 2.0 still wouldn't install correctly.
By chance, I tried opening Fences 2.0 by right-clicking and selecting "Run as Administrator," and to my surprise, it loaded perfectly. Unfortunately, I lost all the data I deleted while trying to fix Fences 2.0 before discovering that all I needed to do was manually select "Run as Administrator."
The problem is that I don't know how to write a script to automatically set Fences 2.0 to "Run as Administrator," so I have to manually select it each time, which prevents Fences 2.0 from running automatically after a reboot. I suspect that the same Windows 11 issue that blocked Fences 2.0 from loading automatically is also preventing Fences 5.81 from loading properly and saving settings after a reboot.
I’m looking for help with this issue. Specifically:
- Bypassing the Windows 11 Restriction: Finding a way to bypass whatever in Windows 11 is preventing Fences 2.0 from loading automatically as "Run as Administrator."
- Creating a Script or Shortcut: Writing a script or setting up a shortcut that forces Fences 2.0 to automatically load in "Run as Administrator" mode. The compatibility settings don’t seem to work automatically, and I don’t know enough about scripting to write one myself.
This might also be helpful for Fences 5.81, though I haven't tried it yet. I just want to get what I had working again. Fences 2.0 worked fine for years, even after upgrading to Windows 11, but something corrupted my login account, which I rebuilt, and nothing has worked right since then.
A script or solution would be greatly appreciated.
