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Fences 6.0 Release Feedback

With the Fences 6.0 release today, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues.

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Please include the following for anything found:

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Fences 6.0 Changelog (Released 5/28/2025)

Added the ability to drag and drop directly onto the Folder Portal tab headers
Changed: Tab colors are now on by default
Fixed issue relating to Peek performance when using a solid color desktop

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Known issues

While we appreciate all feedback, please remember that we offer no official support for beta \ preview \ developer channel versions of Windows. If you report issues while in any of those early release channels, you should not expect them to be addressed unless it still exists in a retail version of Windows.

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Quoting sdRohan,

reply 1

Added the ability to drag and drop directly onto the Folder Portal tab headers

Works fine , but the text still says "->move to desktop"

Also,

The icon rule, "use same spacing inside and outside of Fence groups" is no longer changing based on checking / unchecking

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Hi PheonixRising1. Thank you for posting.

Quoting PhoenixRising1,

reply 4

Works fine

, but the text still says "->move to desktop"

To be clear: This isn't unique/new to tab headers. "Move to Desktop" does appear specifically when dragging from a Folder Portal (to a tab-header, any regular Fence group, or the desktop itself).

The icon rule, "use same spacing inside and outside of Fence groups" is no longer changing based on checking / unchecking

In my testing (on a fresh install in Windows Sandbox. See video link below): Layout tab -> under the Icon spacing header, "Use same spacing inside and outside of Fence groups" will successfully change the icon spacing of any icons in your Fence groups, as intended. Is this not what you've observed?

https://cdn.stardock.us/support/uploads/WindowsSandboxRemoteSession_2025-05-30_09-05-30AdamMcGuinness.mp4

We'll have these logged internally to update as reviewed.

Internal Ref: ODNT9969

Thanks again and best regards,

Adam McGuinness
Stardock Customer Support Specialist

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开发者您好！我是一个中文版用户。在“Folder Portals”部分，我在图片中标记出来的文字很明显是一个乱码。上个版本中就存在这个问题，升级到最新版问题仍然存在，请尽快解决！此外，建议将“Folder Portals”也显示为中文，统一界面语言。
请尽快给我关于以上问题的答复！

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Quoting Abisnabidam,

reply 5

To be clear: This isn't unique/new to tab headers. "Move to Desktop" does appear specifically when dragging from a Folder Portal (to a tab-header, any regular Fence group, or the desktop itself).

Correct. But because the text says "move to desktop" when dragging a file over a folder portal header I almost thought the new feature wasn't working.

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Hi,

Works very fine but there is a minor issue. The overall height size of fences, for same size configured, are not the same between fences without tabs and fences with tabs. See picture below (both are configured with a size of 3):

Regards.

OS = Windows 10 LTSC 21H2 (pro pc) but exists on Windows 10 Home 24H2 too (home pc).

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Quoting Kartapus1705,

reply 8

Hi,

Works very fine but there is a minor issue. The overall height size of fences, for same size configured, are not the same between fences without tabs and fences with tabs. See picture below (both are configured with a size of 3):

Regards.

OS = Windows 10 LTSC 21H2 (pro pc) but exists on Windows 10 Home 24H2 too (home pc).

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. I believe this is known, when you use the "rounded" tab style, try use the "Segmented" tab style. For the Rounded tab style, there some pixel added to the top of the fences.

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Hi,

That's right. No more difference with "segmented" design. Thank you very much for quick answer.

Regards.

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Great, glad to hear that.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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Hi,

Have been experiencing a strange issue consistently since the final Beta Version of Fences 6 which has persisted into the full release V6.00.

When I hover my mouse over a roll-down Fence that is attached to the top of the screen if I click or double click before the animation has completed my Fences 6 and subsequently Windows Explorer will sometimes freeze/crash, I do also have double click as my Vanish - Quick Hide shortcut so I wonder if this could be related?

At this point everything will be frozen on my screen until I double click anywhere, the screen will then go completely white for a moment and Explorer + Fences 6 will slowly reload.

For me this is a relatively minor issue but can be slightly frustrating so I thought I would report it anyway, I am sorry that I do not have a video of this happening, will upload if I do manage to record it.

Regards,

OS = Windows 10 Version 22H2

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Quoting Kreuz1994,

reply 12

Hi,

Have been experiencing a strange issue consistently since the final Beta Version of Fences 6 which has persisted into the full release V6.00.

When I hover my mouse over a roll-down Fence that is attached to the top of the screen if I click or double click before the animation has completed my Fences 6 and subsequently Windows Explorer will sometimes freeze/crash, I do also have double click as my Vanish - Quick Hide shortcut so I wonder if this could be related?

At this point everything will be frozen on my screen until I double click anywhere, the screen will then go completely white for a moment and Explorer + Fences 6 will slowly reload.

For me this is a relatively minor issue but can be slightly frustrating so I thought I would report it anyway, I am sorry that I do not have a video of this happening, will upload if I do manage to record it.

Regards,

OS = Windows 10 Version 22H2

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. I tested this on my Windows 10 v22H2 OS Build 19045.5854, but I can not reproduce your issue. Please post a video on this so we can understand and try to reproduce it.

Thank you.
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Quoting Kreuz1994,

reply 12

At this point everything will be frozen on my screen until I double click anywhere, the screen will then go completely white for a moment and Explorer + Fences 6 will slowly reload.

No doubt that is Windows Explorer crashing (you can be sure by looking in Windows Event log).

As Basj noted, he could not reproduce it. It might be worth doing a system scan

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system-files-79aa86cb-ca52-166a-92a3-966e85d4094e

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

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