No icons or fences by start windows 8 desktop

By peterschmidt1 on January 17, 2013 5:45:03 AM from

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peterschmidt1

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When I start windows 8 and go to my desktop, I only see the taskbar and the background picture.

After a right click with the mouse, the fences appear.

How to configure fences to show fences right away?

Fences should show right away by default.

Have you set Fences to be hidden until you interact with the desktop (Quick-hide)?

What version are you running?

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The version is 2.0.

The Quick-hide is enabled.

Auto hide disabled.

Auto show icons when desktop is in use is enabled.

And show icons when drag/drop to desktop is enabled.

So i will disable Quick hide.

Thnaks,

Peter.

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After "disable Quick Hide" I still get a empty desktop, so no changes.

Rg,

Peter

I also use the Stardock Start8.

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This initital hidden state, or slow loading, is a Win8 problem that others have experienced. I noted in the other thread (http://forums.stardock.com/436973) that it wasn't just slow loading, but sometimes requires right click to make appear. I am still in the version 1.x release, so this isn't unique to Fences 2.0 by any means.

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Quoting A_Feest,

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I am still in the version 1.x release,

This is known and expected and will not be addressed. fences 2 is Win8 ready, Fences 1 is not.

Please email support@stardock.com if you are having issues with F2 on Win8

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Zubaz,

Note that the OP states he is in 2.0 and is experiencing this issue. I am pointing out that this issue also occurs in 1.x and is obviously something in the legacy product 2.0 must be built on. So if this is 'known' when will it be addressed in 2.0, which obviously isn't quite Win8 ready, because I sure will not be buying it with this current behavior.

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Quoting Zubaz,

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Please email support@stardock.com if you are having issues with F2 on Win8

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I also have Fences Pro 2 and Start8 with the identical problem. It takes a right-click on the desktop to show the fences. I have submitted a support ticket last Sunday and have not as yet received a reply. Although just an annoyance, it still needs to be resolved to work as designed.

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Quoting A_Feest,

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Zubaz,

Note that the OP states he is in 2.0 and is experiencing this issue. I am pointing out that this issue also occurs in 1.x and is obviously something in the legacy product 2.0 must be built on. So if this is 'known' when will it be addressed in 2.0, which obviously isn't quite Win8 ready, because I sure will not be buying it with this current behavior.

Zubaz is quite correct that 1.x has a known problem where it will never show the icons and fences unless you right click on the desktop on Windows 8. This is different to the reported problem of Fences 2 being slow to start on Windows 8. It will start though it may take 30 seconds or so, but a right click on the desktop forces the load in the same way Fences 1.x does on Win8.

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As stated elsewhere on this forum, I have exactly the same problem with fences 2.1, there are no icons on the desktop until you press right mouse click.

I am running Windows 8 Enterprise 64 bit with a multi monitor configuration. I also use Start 8.

There is another problem, whether it is related to Fences or Start 8, I do not know. When a new programme is installed and creates a desktop icon, the desktop icon does not appear on the primary monitor, it always appears on either the second or third monitor. It is possible this could be a Windows 8 problem but it has arisen since I installed fences 2.1.

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