Get to Know Fences Pro
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
Fences Pro rocks, I mean that is something I think we can all agree on. The free version is extremely popular, but the Pro version of Fences has features that make the upgrade worthwhile. Lets take a look at some of the features of Fences Pro.
Default Fence for New Icons
This is my personal favorite feature. A lot of icons get put on my desktop, and although it’s easy just to drag them to a Fence, why waste that time when Fences Pro will do it for me. During the day I download lots of skins from WinCustomize.com such as WindowBlinds skins for review. I might download several at a time, and that can quickly add tons of clutter to my desktop.
Solution. I created a rule to send all .wba (WindowBlinds) files to a Fence I created called ‘Skins’.
Now every .wba file I download will go straight into that Fence. Of course you can set your own rules for different file types, by time, file size, and much more.
Fading Fences
This is another cool feature that lets you set the opacity of your Fences to make them partially visible, then they will fade to normal by moving your mouse over them.
Sort Icons within a Fence
If you have a bunch of icons in a particular Fence, you can sort those icons by size, name, date added, etc. Just right-click the Fence and select ‘Sort Fence by’ and you select how you want your icons sorted.
Get Fences Pro here!
Reply #2 Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:29 PM
I love it, too. But...
It still conflicts with WindowFX's Advanced Desktop Icon features - when they are enabled, the icons don't hide when the fence hides. At least on my rig. I made Jeff aware of this awhile back. Hope he's working on a fix.
Reply #3 Saturday, June 19, 2010 12:39 PM
I bought the dam thing and it never downlaoded to my computer
Reply #4 Saturday, June 19, 2010 12:41 PM
I bought the dam thing and it never downlaoded to my computer
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Reply #1 Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:22 AM
Fences solved many of my problems.
Take it for what it's worth:
It actually makes the otherwise arduous, chewing on broken glass Windows XP experience tolerable. Even pleasant.