I just did a clean resintall of Win 8.1 and Fences 2.13. I recall that somewhere between 2.11 and 2.13, probably 2.11 in Oct 2013, I reported here an odd behavior, seemingly a bug, that caused all the icons on the desktop to disappear. I just ran into it again setting up the new install. It occurs when there is a horizontally displayed fence that abuts the (left) edge of the screen. If I try to insert an icon in that fence to its left along the edge of the screen, that is, to the left of the left-most icon showing, all the icons on the desktop disappear. I saw it twice this morning. The first time all but one or two icons disappeared, which I was able to reverse by clicking on the desktop (Hide/Unhide). But a second try wiped out everything. I had to reboot to get the desktop back. Sure wish someone would look into it.