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In Fences 2, 3, & 4, backup and restoration of the Fences layout can be found under “Layout features & Snapshots” in the Fences configuration menu. In Fences 5, these options can be found under “Backups”“Layout”.

Restore a Backup (Fences 5)

  1. Right-click on the desktop and select "Configure Fences..."

  2. Click on "BackupsLayout" on the left-hand side of the configuration window that appears.

  3. Select a backup you wish “Restore a backup” to bring up a list of saved layout backups to revert to. A

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  1. When a saved backup is clicked, a preview window will appear showing you what the

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  1. layout will look like on your desktop.

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4. Click ‘Restore Snapshot’ to revert the desktop set your Fences layout back to this preview.

Save Backup (Fences 5)

To save a backup file of your current Fences layout for a future restoration, select “Save backup”

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from the Layout tab:

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From this location, you also have the option to maintain daily backups of you Fences layout. To keep the most recent 7 days of backups available, you can check or uncheck this box.

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Restore a Snapshot (Fences 2, 3, and 4)

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Also from this location you have the option to turn on automatic daily backups of you Fences layout

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Info

Backups of your Layout/Snapshot are stored in the following directory:

  • In Windows 7/8/10/11: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Stardock\Fences\Backups

  • You will need to replace USERNAME with your user account name for Windows. 

  • Alternatively, you can import the following registry key into the new machine's registry:

    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\FencesHighlight