I don't really underatnd what you mean about the "X" thing. I don't see that. To remove a fence, you should be able to right click the fence and select remove fence from the drop down menu.

Oh, I see that now. I have my fences locked, so that's why the x is not showing.

Have you tried moving your mouse over the text that shows in your your screenshot after clicking the "x" and click on it? You have to do that, as that's an added feature so you can't accidently delete any fences, I think.

My previous answer should also work.

yes, of course. tried also thru the right click menu, no dice. did the workaround asked (uninstall, purge, etc...) did not work. this problem exists since version 4, so should be something known by now. 

If you have Fences 5. The beta should also appear in your account product page: https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

did not work. I uninstalled current version 5.04, purged using the purge bat available, rebooted, installed the beta version and it does not work. 

once I create a fence, I can't delete it anymore. in fact, clicking on the 'remove fence' or 'configure fence' or even 'rename fence' nothing happens. (I can rename if I click on the name of the fence though)

does it generate any log I can share here?

not really. the only security sw I have on top of windows is malwarebytes.  it's really weird, fences works perfectly, all functions. I can open the app (searching on start menu). configure it, works nicely

I just can't delete a fence. seems the upper left menu on the fence does nothing (tried all submenus there, not even the "configure fences" open the applet)

where does it store the info on a fence? is it registry based? or stored elsewhere? can I do it outside Fences?

Please try this guide: https://forums.stardock.com/486084/fences-support-faq#sandbox

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Please try cleanboot: https://forums.stardock.com/486084/fences-support-faq#cleanboot

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Hello,
I have forwarded your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

now I can see the option on the menu. but clicking it does nothing. tried to click anyway, delete the fence, but nothing happens. I'm assuming that if it was locked, a ticking mark would appear in the menu entry. but does not change

yes, I did the cleanboot exactly the way you was asked:

1) created a new admin account

2) log in in this account

3) installed fences 

I did not disable non windows services because it was a newly created account, so no sw installed. and I'm assuming when installing fences, it automatically adds to startup right? 

I ask again:

1) is there anyway a log fences creates to check for errors (file somewhere or in event manager)

2) any way to delete a fence, in registry or any config file? it must store this info somewhere. don't mind have to work on the registry. I understand how it works fairly.

ok, here's what I did:

1) created a new account, admin privileges.

2) MSCONFIG - turned off all non MS services and all startup itens

3) rebooted. did not change.

4) uninstalled Fences 5 (w/ purge) and installed Fences 4 (I have the license)

5) rebooted - nothing happened, same problem

6) uninstalled some app, including malwarebytes (the only one that can go deep in OS protection)

6) tested Fences 4 - nothing happened

7) uninstalled Fences 4 and installed Fences 5 beta - nothing happened.

the last resort would be a full windows install again, which I won't do. The only other SW that I imagine could conflict would be nvidia, but it's just a guess (and won't uninstall it either).

registry keys - got in there and there's no key for a specific fence, just standard app info stored. any other place?

found the software conflicting with Fences

https://nilesoft.org/

go and check it. If you find a way to coexist, pls let me know.

tks.