Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
Fences.exe
Fences by Stardock Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| MD5: | a8984ece72c996e685dc8cd69dbd691c |
| SHA1: | 75c15982f979f97fb4f611399df884e8bc7e7fdd |
| SHA256: | 8ae96e4536d5cef8f6fcfe5a9ec9ad134826d08d14623983303d3d8ad3cc99ec |
Overview
fences.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Fences published by Stardock Corporation, Fences 2 from Stardock Corporation and Fences 2 by Stardock Corporation. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Stardock Corporation which was issued by the The USERTRUST Network certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | fences.exe |
| Publisher: | Stardock Corporation |
| Product name: | Fences |
| Description: | Fences Settings |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\stardock\fences\fences.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| Size: | 3.14 MB (3,294,568 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Stardock Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | The USERTRUST Network |
| Effective date: | Sunday, October 12, 2008 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, October 13, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“Fences is a revolutionary new program that lets users clean up their desktop icons in moments. Users draw "fences" on their desktop which enables users to drag and drop icons into them. Users can have fences show and hide by double-clicking on the desktop. In addition, users can control which icons show and hide when the desktop is double-clicked on allowing for easy desktop clean-up.”
“Fences® is a program that helps you organize your desktop and hide your icons when they're not in use. Fences is the world's most popular desktop enhancement for Windows®. What makes it so compelling is that what it does is so obviously useful and necessary that it is amazing that no one has thought of it before. You can have pages of fences on your desktop. To flip a page, just take your mouse cursor to the edge of your screen and clic...”
“Fences is a revolutionary new program that lets users clean up their desktop icons in moments. Users draw "fences" on their desktop which enables users to drag and drop icons into them. Users can have fences show and hide by double-clicking on the desktop. In addition, users can control which icons show and hide when the desktop is double-clicked on allowing for easy desktop clean-up.”
“Fences is a program that helps you organize your desktop. It can hide icons when they are not in use as well as make it easy to place icons into moveable groups called "fences". You can have pages of fences on your desktop. To flip a page, just take your mouse cursor to the edge of your screen and click and drag. Then a new page of fences can be displayed. This feature makes it easy to use your desktop to organize all of your programs,...”
Behaviors
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Fences' → "C:\Program Files\Stardock\Fences\Fences.exe" /startup
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.36117244% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.27185023% | |
| User CPU: | 0.08932222% | |
| Memory |
| Private (maximum): | 15.88 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 15.88 MB | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.83% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
20.83% |
|
| Windows 8 |
12.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
4.17% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
4.17% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
4.17% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 58.33% of Fences.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
36.36% |
|
| ASUS |
24.24% |
|
| Dell |
18.18% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
9.09% |
|
| Samsung |
3.03% |
|
| Acer |
3.03% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
3.03% |
|
| American Megatrends |
3.03% |
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