I don't happen to run Fences, but since you're not having much luck, I do see a setting in DeskScapes that may (or may not) help:

Open up DeskScapes configuration.  Click on the "Gear Icon" in the upper right corner.

A "Settings" window pops up.  Click on the "Advanced" tab at the top. About 2/3rds of the way down is "Desktop icon transparency".  Try moving the slider for "Normal" all the way over to "Invisible" and see if that gets the results you want.  (In DeskScapes you do typically have to click the "Apply to my desktop" button to apply any changes you've made to settings, they're not real-time.) Let me know, I'm a little curious.

If that doesn't do it and nobody else pops in here, you can ask Support (their hours are regular working hours Mon-Fri):

https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/Tickets/Submit

Thanks for letting me know, as you could tell it was a bit of a guess. 

Hmm, i wouldn't really call this a solution. If I want to permanently hide the desktop icons, and use the "double-click to show icons" feature of fences, then this is impossible with Deskscapes. The icons will be hidden with fences, but Deskscapes will force them to show (minus the actual fences around the icons). Double-clicking the desktop will just show and hide the fences and the icons themselves will be visible the whole time. The I figured out the settings above were the only combination to hide the desktop icons but changes the "show" action to mouseover rather than double-click which isn't what I want (personally).

Does Stardock even support Deskscapes anymore? They sell the software, and even bundle it with fences in a recent humble bundle even though it's not fully compatible, but haven't updated it for many years, and good luck creating new hybrid/dynamic dreams. The SDK that's required for that has disappeared from their website, and the dream creator tool has been flagged as incompatible with windows 10, rendering it unopenable unless you rename the file.

I have to uninstall Deskscape for now. I can't have the icons showing inside the fences and not outside. Quite annoying since I'd really like to use both.

I had Fences trial installed and the purchased Object Desktop. After installing DeskScapes the fences are still there but the icons no longer roll up with the fence. When I roll up a fence the icons just remain, which obviously defeats the purpose. I can also no longer select multiple icons in some fences as they disappear when I click inside the fence. I would have expected these tools to be completely compatible.

I guess I'm going to have to open a ticket as well, as I'm having the same trouble.  If you try to have fences roll up, the icons still stay on the screen, minus the border of the fence.  I've played with the settings to no avail.  Quite frustrating, that I have to call support to get two products of the same developer to work well..Work at all.

Thanks,

Rob

Issue still exist...

Please contact support so we can get more information.

https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/Tickets/Submit

Well on mine right click menu for deskscapes always at the center of the menu and Fences at the top. Never I seen it at the top.

I suggest you try to purge and reinstall fences and see if it help your problem : https://forums.stardock.com/486084/fences-support-faq#reinstalling

Make sure to reboot after reinstall.

and report back.

Thank you,

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant

You can backup your snapshot using these steps : https://forums.stardock.com/486084/fences-support-faq#backupsnapshots

Thank you,

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant

Basj,

Good news, after uninstall/reinstall, the 'Configure Fences' context menu option is available again.

Thanks again, Basj!

Regards,

Jerry