Need to refresh folders in Win7?

I find that changes to documents in a Windows 7 folder don't show up until
I refresh the folder (or leave and return, which does the same thing). This
is true for deleting files and creating new folders at least. Can Windows 7
be that much worse than XP or even Vista? Or is there some switch I don't
know about? Or maybe it's a bug?

Anybody else experience this? Everybody else?

Thanks for any info in advance.

- charles

<charles> wrote in message news:Xns9FD3AB38CBCD1chazct@216.40.29.85...
>I find that changes to documents in a Windows 7 folder don't show up until
> I refresh the folder (or leave and return, which does the same thing). This
> is true for deleting files and creating new folders at least. Can Windows 7
> be that much worse than XP or even Vista? Or is there some switch I don't
> know about? Or maybe it's a bug?
>
> Anybody else experience this? Everybody else?
>
> Thanks for any info in advance.
>
> - charles

This was the most helpful reply in this thread:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...c-b3d1fe6433fb


"I've read this thread to the end and I've tried all the solutions posted... obviously to no avail.
The bug repeats itself, not randomly but constantly, in any situation, folders, libraries - sorted by name or by
whatever.
I then tried something different, which instead WORKED , and here it is.

1) I backed up the registry.
2) Searched for occurrences of the word refresh and found this key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BDEADE7F-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}\Instance
which contains three subkeys. One of them, curiously enough, is DontRefresh and it has a value of 1 (turned ON)
3) I then changed the value to 0 (turned OFF) and hit F5 to refresh and save the now changed registry.

Guess what? Now, everything (moving, deleting, copying) works and even the Trash Bin refreshes immediately.
I will keep you posted in the next few days to tell you whether the fix still works."

Hopefully it will work for you, too.
--
SC Tom

On 07 Jan 2012, charles <charles> wrote in alt.windows7.general:

> I find that changes to documents in a Windows 7 folder don't show
> up until I refresh the folder (or leave and return, which does the
> same thing). This is true for deleting files and creating new
> folders at least. Can Windows 7 be that much worse than XP or even
> Vista? Or is there some switch I don't know about? Or maybe it's a
> bug?
>
> Anybody else experience this? Everybody else?

I've noticed that, too. It doesn't seem to happen all the time. I don't
know of a cure. I've just gotten used to hitting F5 a lot when I'm
using Windows Explorer.

On 7 Jan 2012 17:31:30 -0600, charles wrote:
>
> I find that changes to documents in a Windows 7 folder don't show up until
> I refresh the folder (or leave and return, which does the same thing). This
> is true for deleting files and creating new folders at least. Can Windows 7
> be that much worse than XP or even Vista? Or is there some switch I don't
> know about? Or maybe it's a bug?
>
> Anybody else experience this?

On the contrary, I have found Windows 7 much better than Windows XP
at auto-refreshing local folders. With XP, when Some external
program created a new file, the file would show up at the end of the
list, and if I wanted it in sorted order I would have to press F5.
With Windows 7, a new file created by an external program shows up in
its proper place within the sorted list.

Is this a local folder or perhaps a network folder?

If it's a local folder, then I am very much surprised to hear that it
is different with you. Can you detail the exact steps involved in,
say, deleting a file or creating a new folder when Windows 7 doesn't
show it?


--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

Bingo! This did the trick. Thanks so much.

Instead of searching for "refresh" I searched for "dontrefresh" which I
think narrowed things down. In any case, the problem is solved.

thanks again,'
- charles

"SC Tom" <> wrote in news:jeakvd$rjd$:

>
> <charles> wrote in message news:Xns9FD3AB38CBCD1chazct@216.40.29.85...
>>I find that changes to documents in a Windows 7 folder don't show up
>>until
>> I refresh the folder (or leave and return, which does the same
>> thing). This is true for deleting files and creating new folders at
>> least. Can Windows 7 be that much worse than XP or even Vista? Or is
>> there some switch I don't know about? Or maybe it's a bug?
>>
>> Anybody else experience this? Everybody else?
>>
>> Thanks for any info in advance.
>>
>> - charles
>
> This was the most helpful reply in this thread:
> http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...7-desktop/win-
> 7-desktop-does-not-auto-refresh/249f4794-13c8-4fc5-939c-b3d1fe6433fb
>
>
> "I've read this thread to the end and I've tried all the solutions
> posted... obviously to no avail. The bug repeats itself, not randomly
> but constantly, in any situation, folders, libraries - sorted by name
> or by whatever.
> I then tried something different, which instead WORKED , and here it
> is.
>
> 1) I backed up the registry.
> 2) Searched for occurrences of the word refresh and found this key:
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BDEADE7F-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}\Instance
> which contains three subkeys. One of them, curiously enough, is
> DontRefresh and it has a value of 1 (turned ON) 3) I then changed the
> value to 0 (turned OFF) and hit F5 to refresh and save the now changed
> registry.
>
> Guess what? Now, everything (moving, deleting, copying) works and even
> the Trash Bin refreshes immediately. I will keep you posted in the
> next few days to tell you whether the fix still works."
>
> Hopefully it will work for you, too.

See SC Tom's response. It did the trick. Good luck with fixing it.

- charles

Nil <> wrote in news:Xns9FD3C050C37F7nilch1@
127.0.0.1:

> On 07 Jan 2012, charles <charles> wrote in alt.windows7.general:
>
>> I find that changes to documents in a Windows 7 folder don't show
>> up until I refresh the folder (or leave and return, which does the
>> same thing). This is true for deleting files and creating new
>> folders at least. Can Windows 7 be that much worse than XP or even
>> Vista? Or is there some switch I don't know about? Or maybe it's a
>> bug?
>>
>> Anybody else experience this? Everybody else?
>
> I've noticed that, too. It doesn't seem to happen all the time. I don't
> know of a cure. I've just gotten used to hitting F5 a lot when I'm
> using Windows Explorer.

On 8 Jan 2012 13:59:44 -0600, charles <charles> wrote:

>Nil <> wrote in news:Xns9FD3C050C37F7nilch1@
>127.0.0.1:
>
>> On 07 Jan 2012, charles <charles> wrote in alt.windows7.general:
>>
>>> I find that changes to documents in a Windows 7 folder don't show
>>> up until I refresh the folder (or leave and return, which does the
>>> same thing). This is true for deleting files and creating new
>>> folders at least. Can Windows 7 be that much worse than XP or even
>>> Vista? Or is there some switch I don't know about? Or maybe it's a
>>> bug?
>>>
>>> Anybody else experience this? Everybody else?
>>
>> I've noticed that, too. It doesn't seem to happen all the time. I don't
>> know of a cure. I've just gotten used to hitting F5 a lot when I'm
>> using Windows Explorer.
>
>See SC Tom's response. It did the trick. Good luck with fixing it.
>

I wonder why some systems have that Registry key and others, (all 3 of
mine, for example), don't. I'm not seeing the 'refresh' issue, but if
it develops I hope the Registry key to fix it comes along at the same
time.

--

Char Jackson

You're welcome! Glad it worked for you.
--
SC Tom

<charles> wrote in message news:Xns9FD48E953BAECchazct@216.40.29.85...
> Bingo! This did the trick. Thanks so much.
>
> Instead of searching for "refresh" I searched for "dontrefresh" which I
> think narrowed things down. In any case, the problem is solved.
>
> thanks again,'
> - charles
>
> "SC Tom" <> wrote in news:jeakvd$rjd$:
>
>>
>> <charles> wrote in message news:Xns9FD3AB38CBCD1chazct@216.40.29.85...
>>>I find that changes to documents in a Windows 7 folder don't show up
>>>until
>>> I refresh the folder (or leave and return, which does the same
>>> thing). This is true for deleting files and creating new folders at
>>> least. Can Windows 7 be that much worse than XP or even Vista? Or is
>>> there some switch I don't know about? Or maybe it's a bug?
>>>
>>> Anybody else experience this? Everybody else?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any info in advance.
>>>
>>> - charles
>>
>> This was the most helpful reply in this thread:
>> http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...7-desktop/win-
>> 7-desktop-does-not-auto-refresh/249f4794-13c8-4fc5-939c-b3d1fe6433fb
>>
>>
>> "I've read this thread to the end and I've tried all the solutions
>> posted... obviously to no avail. The bug repeats itself, not randomly
>> but constantly, in any situation, folders, libraries - sorted by name
>> or by whatever.
>> I then tried something different, which instead WORKED , and here it
>> is.
>>
>> 1) I backed up the registry.
>> 2) Searched for occurrences of the word refresh and found this key:
>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BDEADE7F-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}\Instance
>> which contains three subkeys. One of them, curiously enough, is
>> DontRefresh and it has a value of 1 (turned ON) 3) I then changed the
>> value to 0 (turned OFF) and hit F5 to refresh and save the now changed
>> registry.
>>
>> Guess what? Now, everything (moving, deleting, copying) works and even
>> the Trash Bin refreshes immediately. I will keep you posted in the
>> next few days to tell you whether the fix still works."
>>
>> Hopefully it will work for you, too.
>

"Char Jackson" <> wrote in message news:...
> On 8 Jan 2012 13:59:44 -0600, charles <charles> wrote:
>
>>Nil <> wrote in news:Xns9FD3C050C37F7nilch1@
>>127.0.0.1:
>>
>>> On 07 Jan 2012, charles <charles> wrote in alt.windows7.general:
>>>
>>>> I find that changes to documents in a Windows 7 folder don't show
>>>> up until I refresh the folder (or leave and return, which does the
>>>> same thing). This is true for deleting files and creating new
>>>> folders at least. Can Windows 7 be that much worse than XP or even
>>>> Vista? Or is there some switch I don't know about? Or maybe it's a
>>>> bug?
>>>>
>>>> Anybody else experience this? Everybody else?
>>>
>>> I've noticed that, too. It doesn't seem to happen all the time. I don't
>>> know of a cure. I've just gotten used to hitting F5 a lot when I'm
>>> using Windows Explorer.
>>
>>See SC Tom's response. It did the trick. Good luck with fixing it.
>>
>
> I wonder why some systems have that Registry key and others, (all 3 of
> mine, for example), don't. I'm not seeing the 'refresh' issue, but if
> it develops I hope the Registry key to fix it comes along at the same
> time.

I don't know. Both my Win7 Home Premium and my XP SP3 Home have that same key.
--
SC Tom

* SC Tom wrote, On 07-Jan-12 15:37:
>
> <charles> wrote in message news:Xns9FD3AB38CBCD1chazct@216.40.29.85...
>> I find that changes to documents in a Windows 7 folder don't show up until
>> I refresh the folder (or leave and return, which does the same thing). This
>> is true for deleting files and creating new folders at least. Can Windows 7
>> be that much worse than XP or even Vista? Or is there some switch I don't
>> know about? Or maybe it's a bug?
>>
>> Anybody else experience this? Everybody else?
>>
>> Thanks for any info in advance.
>>
>> - charles
>
> This was the most helpful reply in this thread:
> http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...c-b3d1fe6433fb
>
>
> "I've read this thread to the end and I've tried all the solutions posted... obviously to no avail.
> The bug repeats itself, not randomly but constantly, in any situation, folders, libraries - sorted by name or by
> whatever.
> I then tried something different, which instead WORKED , and here it is.
>
> 1) I backed up the registry.
> 2) Searched for occurrences of the word refresh and found this key:
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BDEADE7F-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}\Instance
> which contains three subkeys. One of them, curiously enough, is DontRefresh and it has a value of 1 (turned ON)
> 3) I then changed the value to 0 (turned OFF) and hit F5 to refresh and save the now changed registry.
>
> Guess what? Now, everything (moving, deleting, copying) works and even the Trash Bin refreshes immediately.
> I will keep you posted in the next few days to tell you whether the fix still works."
>
> Hopefully it will work for you, too.

Searched the reg until all the power in the grid was used. Searched
for dontrefresh and refresh, and it wasn't found. And I have the same
problem that has been driving me up the walls. Could it relate to I'm
using win7 Pro 64?
Miles