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title: "Fences purging and re-installing"
canonical: "https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1332477959/Fences%20purging%20and%20re-installing"
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## Create a current Fences Snapshot

After the purge and reinstall of Fences, you will want a current snapshot to restore once it’s complete.  For how to create one, please see:

[https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1331331082/How+do+I+use+snapshots+in+Fences](https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1331331082/How+do+I+use+snapshots+in+Fences)

## Obtaining the purge file

Please follow this link: 

[https://cdn.stardock.us/support/uploads/Purge_Fences.zip](https://cdn.stardock.us/support/uploads/Purge_Fences.zip)

Save the file to your downloads folder.

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