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Personalise - Windows 11 Context Menu

December 1, 2025 11:41:26 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

Maybe I missed the memo, but, why does Fences 6.05 commandeer the Windows 11 Context Menu - Personalize selection?

I don't recall this happening with Fences 5.x.

After a restart this Desktop Context Menu selection works correctly, and opens the Windows - Settings>Personalisation Settings page.

After some time delay, right clicking the Windows 11 Desktop and selecting 'Personalise' from the Context Menu results in the opening of the Fences Settings page with the 'Welcome' page being displayed.  A reboot will temporarily resolve the issue only for it to come back some time later.

This has being going on for some time now. Here's my Windows data...

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Edition    Windows 11 Pro
Version    25H2
Installed on    ‎02/‎03/‎25
OS build    26200.7309
Experience    Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.275.0

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Reply #1 December 2, 2025 12:31:04 AM
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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Unfortunately, I can not reproduce your issue on my system. Is the issue recently appear? What change? Perhaps, new Windows 11 update?

Thank you,
Basj,
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Reply #2 December 2, 2025 6:35:18 AM
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Just curious. Was this happening with 26200.7171?

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Reply #3 December 2, 2025 8:13:47 AM
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pelaird, I got the same right click context menu 'personalize' change on my machine: 24H2 26100.6901. When I click more, I get the old personalize settings option.

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Reply #4 December 2, 2025 8:55:10 AM
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Quoting DrJBHL,
reply 3

pelaird, I got the same right click context menu 'personalize' change on my machine: 24H2 26100.6901. When I click more, I get the old personalize settings option.

For me, the Personalize and Display settings do nothing when Fences 6.0.5.2 is running. If I disable Fences, both work as expected. As you say, if you click "Show more options" both also work as expected.

25H2 26200.7171

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Reply #5 December 2, 2025 11:31:33 AM
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To basj... No this has been an on going issue with Fences 6.x beta. I don't recall having an issue with version 5.

To pelaird... Yes it was happening with 25H2 26200.7171 and I get the same result as DrJBHL. In fact I can fix the problem in real time by simply, from the Fences 'Basic Options', toggling fences OFF and closing the Options. My Desktop reverts to 'Non-Fences' config. Then checking the Context Menu and 'Personalise' is back to normal.
Re-enabling Fences, via the same route, causes the issue to re-appear once again. I don't need to reboot. Just turning Fences off then back on triggers the issue.

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Reply #6 December 2, 2025 1:00:42 PM
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Imo, it's perfectly fine for Fences to add Fences config to the right click menu. It's almost as if the Fences Config pushed the system 'personalize' dowm the choices list into the 'more options slot. The original 'Personalize' should open Settings, and the Fences config should carry that label...not 'Personalize'...if only for clarity.

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Reply #7 December 2, 2025 7:08:22 PM
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I can not reproduce this issue on my system. However, I have forwarded your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience. Thank you.

Basj,
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Reply #8 December 3, 2025 10:54:31 AM
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Hello all and thank you for posting.

I was able to reproduce an occasional issue using the current Fences 6.0.5.2 Beta on a Sandbox install.

To clarify: After right-clicking desktop and using "Show more options" -> Personalize, this appeared to work normally. 

However, after closing Windows Personalization Settings from the above attempt, then trying the default Win11 right-click -> Personalize, the Fences config application opened instead of the Windows Personalization Settings menu. 

We have this logged for review.

Internal Ref: ODNT-11674

Thanks again and best regards,

Adam McGuinness
Stardock Support Specialist

 

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Reply #9 December 3, 2025 11:13:46 AM
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DrJBHL, I understand your reasoning, and I thought the same, however, I maintain a Laptop with standard Windows 11 Pro - for reference -  with no additional extras modifying the UI, and the 'Personalise' selection is available on both the primary and secondary Context Menus by default.

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Reply #10 December 3, 2025 11:38:24 AM
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Thanks, Adam. On my W11 computer, this happens as tne baseline (default) w/o logging in, etc. all you had to do to replicate it.

pdenomy, when you refer to your other computer with standard GUI, do you have Fences installed on it? I ask because Fences per se shouldn't change the GUI...and Personalize shouldn't missing to Fences on any menu.

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Reply #11 December 3, 2025 6:43:27 PM
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Hi all, good news. We were able to reproduce this internally and have resolved for the next update, coming within the next 2 weeks. Thanks again for the report

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Reply #12 December 3, 2025 9:34:12 PM
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Great news! Thanks! 👍

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Reply #13 December 4, 2025 11:44:54 AM
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DrJBHL... "when you refer to your other computer with standard GUI, do you have Fences installed on it? I ask because Fences per se shouldn't change the GUI...and Personalize shouldn't missing to Fences on any menu."

No, I do not have Fences, or any other GUI modifying programs on my laptop. As I said, my laptop is standard Windows 11 Pro with no added extras. I maintain it to standard because I need a reference Windows 11 computer to compare to because my main desktop runs beta versions of Windows 11 Pro for testing. It's easier to notice changes and bugs when I have a standard comparison to work with.

Dr W... That's great news! I'll keep an eye out for the update.

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