I've got the following problem: Windows 7 does not refresh automatically the folder view (until I manually refresh by pressing F5) after the following file operations: Create/delete/rename/move files or folders Windows 7 Professional final release, international English version. No upgrade, clean install. It seems to me it's a delay in my case: if I wait for approximately 30 secs, the refresh is done automatically. There are shared folders on the volumes. I've done the followings: deleted IconCache - did not help reset folder views - did not help turned off file sharing and network discovery - did not help made a clean boot - did not help ran sfc - did not found any violations created new user account - did not help updated the BIOS to the latest version - did not help updated the VGA driver to the latest version - did not help turned off file indexing - did not help - ran Windows 7 in Safe Mode (without Networking): it seems the issue does not occur I could be satisfied with Windows 7 but this issue is terribly annoying cause I work with a lot of files day by day. Could anybody help me?

I have had the same problem recently. Here's what I discovered, FWIW: After reading all of these responses it seemed that, at the core, this is related to the Windows UI shell and how it tries to "reach out" to other systems. Fixes included disabling the Windows Client, disabling home groups, disabling file shares, etc. I discovered that I have the problem only in certain folders. For example, if I try to create a folder in my DOCUMENTS folder, the problem occurs, but if I create the folder in a random folder on the C: drive (e.g. C:\MyTest), no problem! I discovered that the folder DOES eventually appear--it just takes 30+ seconds. By pressing F5 I was "rushing" the process. This also sounds like a network client timeout kind of thing. I wanted to start with the simplest, lowest-impact solution. It worked: I opened COMPUTER and removed a "Network Connection" that pointed to a server that is not currently available. That solved the problem completely. Dan Holme, Intelliem

I have had the same problem recently. Here's what I discovered, FWIW: After reading all of these responses it seemed that, at the core, this is related to the Windows UI shell and how it tries to "reach out" to other systems. Fixes included disabling the Windows Client, disabling home groups, disabling file shares, etc. I discovered that I have the problem only in certain folders. For example, if I try to create a folder in my DOCUMENTS folder, the problem occurs, but if I create the folder in a random folder on the C: drive (e.g. C:\MyTest), no problem! I discovered that the folder DOES eventually appear--it just takes 30+ seconds. By pressing F5 I was "rushing" the process. This also sounds like a network client timeout kind of thing. I wanted to start with the simplest, lowest-impact solution. It worked: I opened COMPUTER and removed a "Network Connection" that pointed to a server that is not currently available. That solved the problem completely. Dan Holme, Intelliem note: I don't know for sure if the issue the OP is describing is due to Libraries as he doesn't describe where the folders are. Since you mentioned it only applies to certain folders, the first explanation that comes to mind is that you aren't actually viewing the filesystem directly. The scenario in which this occurs is if you have opened the folder through the Libraries, which is a feature that's made prominent in Windows 7, in that most of the user folders are usually viewed through libraries - this results in horrible performance when the folders have large amount of files. Solution: Disable Libraries if you don't need them. Since I don't typically use libraries, another scenario where I often use F5 to refresh is when the new file or folder that is supposed to appear, appears in a part of the folder listing that is not visible, which happens very frequently when there's many files and scrolling is needed. To handle this issue, I sort my downloads folder descending by date, so refreshing brings the new files at the top of the list, but the problem here is that the new folders are still out of view if there's a lot of files. The last huge Windows 7 issue I have is that finding files is slow if they are not indexed. To solve this I use program called ntfs-search when needing to search all files & folders on every local drive. Doesn't work on remote drives unfortunately. (In my test, when viewing c:\test in explorer, it took nearly 1 second from creating a file and folder for them to show up in explorer, so clearly this has some artificial delay & buffering)

Windows 7 does not refresh folder views

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I've got the following problem:

Windows 7 does not refresh automatically the folder view (until I manually refresh by pressing F5) after the following file operations:

Create/delete/rename/move files or folders

Windows 7 Professional final release, international English version. No upgrade, clean install.

It seems to me it's a delay in my case: if I wait for approximately 30 secs, the refresh is done automatically. There are shared folders on the volumes.

I've done the followings:

deleted IconCache - did not help
reset folder views - did not help
turned off file sharing and network discovery - did not help
made a clean boot - did not help
ran sfc - did not found any violations
created new user account - did not help
updated the BIOS to the latest version - did not help
updated the VGA driver to the latest version - did not help
turned off file indexing - did not help

- ran Windows 7 in Safe Mode (without Networking): it seems the issue does not occur

I could be satisfied with Windows 7 but this issue is terribly annoying cause I work with a lot of files day by day.

Could anybody help me?

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Anonymous

I've narrowed down more the possible causes of the issue:

If You disable the Client for Microsoft Networks in properties of Local Area Connection - the issue disappear (maybe only in my case).

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Anonymous

Hello,

Welcome to Microsoft answers forum for Windows Vista Community!

What happens when you try to boot in safe mode?

To start your computer in safe mode, you can refer the below link:

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/323ef48f-7b93-4079-a48a-5c58eec904a11033.mspx

I would suggest you to place the computer in a clean boot state and check if the issue resolved:

Log on to the computer by using an account that has administrator rights.
Click Start, type msconfig.exe in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER to start the System Configuration Utility. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.
On the General tab, click Selective Startup, and then click to clear the Load startup items check box. (The Use Original Boot.ini check box is unavailable.)
On the Services tab, click to select the Hide all Microsoft services check box, and then click Disable all.
Click OK, and then click Restart.
Check if you still have the issue.

Refer the link below for more details:

How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Reset the computer to start as usual After you have finished troubleshooting, follow these steps to reset the computer to start as usual:

a. Click Start , type msconfig.exe in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.
On the General tab, click the Normal Startup option, and then click OK.
When you are prompted to restart the computer, click Restart.

e. If this does not help, try to run a SFC scan. To do a SFC scan follow the steps below:

Use system file checker tool which is also called SFC scan.

System File Checker (SFC) checks that all Vista system files are where they should be as they were by default and not corrupted, changed, or damaged.

Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and select Run as Administrator.
Click Continue or supply Administrator credentials if prompted.
In the Command Prompt window type the following, and press Enter:

sfc /scannow

You should see the following on-screen messages:

Beginning the system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.

Verification % complete.

Once the scan has completed, test to see whether the issue that you are experiencing is resolved or not.

Regards,

Savan – Microsoft Support.

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Anonymous

I have had the same problem recently. Here's what I discovered, FWIW:

After reading all of these responses it seemed that, at the core, this is related to the Windows UI shell and how it tries to "reach out" to other systems. Fixes included disabling the Windows Client, disabling home groups, disabling file shares, etc.
I discovered that I have the problem only in certain folders. For example, if I try to create a folder in my DOCUMENTS folder, the problem occurs, but if I create the folder in a random folder on the C: drive (e.g. C:\MyTest), no problem!
I discovered that the folder DOES eventually appear--it just takes 30+ seconds. By pressing F5 I was "rushing" the process. This also sounds like a network client timeout kind of thing.

I wanted to start with the simplest, lowest-impact solution. It worked:

I opened COMPUTER and removed a "Network Connection" that pointed to a server that is not currently available.

That solved the problem completely.

Dan Holme, Intelliem

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Anonymous

Hi Nucleo,

Thanks for posting in Microsoft answers!

The issue you've posted seems to be a known issue.

Please refer the link below for a similar issue and check if that helps you:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproui/thread/8afb8b65-900c-4f42-b1df-3c2394417b6e

Also, if you have any concerns or feedback, please visit the link below:

Microsoft Connecthttp://connect.microsoft.com/

Regards,

Gokul - Microsoft Support

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Anonymous

Just to update my posting, I applied these fixes on 03/12 and as of today 08/12 the problem has not returned.

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2012-10-13T10:38:01+00:00
I have had the same problem recently. Here's what I discovered, FWIW:

After reading all of these responses it seemed that, at the core, this is related to the Windows UI shell and how it tries to "reach out" to other systems. Fixes included disabling the Windows Client, disabling home groups, disabling file shares, etc.

I discovered that I have the problem only in certain folders. For example, if I try to create a folder in my DOCUMENTS folder, the problem occurs, but if I create the folder in a random folder on the C: drive (e.g. C:\MyTest), no problem!

I discovered that the folder DOES eventually appear--it just takes 30+ seconds. By pressing F5 I was "rushing" the process. This also sounds like a network client timeout kind of thing.

I wanted to start with the simplest, lowest-impact solution. It worked:

I opened COMPUTER and removed a "Network Connection" that pointed to a server that is not currently available.

That solved the problem completely.

Dan Holme, Intelliem
note: I don't know for sure if the issue the OP is describing is due to Libraries as he doesn't describe where the folders are.

Since you mentioned it only applies to certain folders, the first explanation that comes to mind is that you aren't actually viewing the filesystem directly. The scenario in which this occurs is if you have opened the folder through the Libraries, which is a feature that's made prominent in Windows 7, in that most of the user folders are usually viewed through libraries - this results in horrible performance when the folders have large amount of files.

Solution: Disable Libraries if you don't need them.

Since I don't typically use libraries, another scenario where I often use F5 to refresh is when the new file or folder that is supposed to appear, appears in a part of the folder listing that is not visible, which happens very frequently when there's many files and scrolling is needed. To handle this issue, I sort my downloads folder descending by date, so refreshing brings the new files at the top of the list, but the problem here is that the new folders are still out of view if there's a lot of files.

The last huge Windows 7 issue I have is that finding files is slow if they are not indexed. To solve this I use program called ntfs-search when needing to search all files & folders on every local drive. Doesn't work on remote drives unfortunately.

(In my test, when viewing c:\test in explorer, it took nearly 1 second from creating a file and folder for them to show up in explorer, so clearly this has some artificial delay & buffering)
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