It seems Fences Desktop Software is developed by Stardock.com, http://www.stardock.com/
Did you check the install process? Often 'extras' are offered but the user can de-select them during the install.
Looking at their site and clicking the "Fences" link, I see the minimum System Requirments are listed as;
System Requirements
● Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
● On Vista and Windows 7, both 32bit
and 64bit versions are supported.
● Impulse must be installed in order to
download and update software.
Note the entry about Impulse.
Stardock.com has it's own support forums, http://forums.stardock.com/ so you may be able to find out more there.
Mark
Installed this one yesterday that you recommended and I love it, but what are these other programs in there that are trying to call home? STARDOCK and IMPLUSE, are these spyware programs included in the download???? Can I uninstall them without losing FENCES?????

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