when I delete a file in windows explorer it still shows there - I have to switch to a different directory and back, then the file name of the deleted file disappears. How can windoes explorer be configured so that deleted files disappear there immediately?

I also tried all these things and like you, the problem recurrs after a while. Maybe they expect you to keep Office 2007 off your machine permanently, but unless MS provides me with a free replacement, that's not going to happen. My sense is that it is something else entirely The reg key does not work for us ether. I have read through several forums and it seems that this issue is still here after ~3 years. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_7-files/windows-7-deleted-files-still-show-in-windows/d2be04cb-7e8c-4e84-9890-7e29ee103e8d?page=4 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproui/thread/8afb8b65-900c-4f42-b1df-3c2394417b6e http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_7-files/windows-7-does-not-refresh-folder-views/9d1ede23-2666-4951-b3b9-b6c1ce3d1ebf http://www.windows7taskforce.com/view/3103 I have read through all the links above and it seems to me that MS knows about this issue but still has not fix. Form the information in the links they have speculated on the following to be the cause of the issue. VMware Workstation or other VPC software. The C:\Users\jmadison001\AppData\Local\IconCache.db file becoming corrupted. Change the following registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID{BDEADE7F-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}\Instance[DontRefresh=1] to 0. Uninstalling Office 2007. Disabling of any local shares. None of these workaround have fixed this issue, it may go away for a short time but will come back.

The reg key does not work for us ether. I have read through several forums and it seems that this issue is still here after ~3 years. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_7-files/windows-7-deleted-files-still-show-in-windows/d2be04cb-7e8c-4e84-9890-7e29ee103e8d?page=4 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproui/thread/8afb8b65-900c-4f42-b1df-3c2394417b6e http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_7-files/windows-7-does-not-refresh-folder-views/9d1ede23-2666-4951-b3b9-b6c1ce3d1ebf http://www.windows7taskforce.com/view/3103 I have read through all the links above and it seems to me that MS knows about this issue but still has not fix. Form the information in the links they have speculated on the following to be the cause of the issue. VMware Workstation or other VPC software. The C:\Users\jmadison001\AppData\Local\IconCache.db file becoming corrupted. Change the following registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID{BDEADE7F-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}\Instance[DontRefresh=1] to 0. Uninstalling Office 2007. Disabling of any local shares. None of these workaround have fixed this issue, it may go away for a short time but will come back.

check the registry under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID{BDEADE7F-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}\Instance\ This is the same key, but the location is a little different, at least on my machine Everytime I deleted a file, it would disappear, then I hit refresh (F5) and it would pop back up. I figured this out one day (a year ago) when doing a save as with ADOBE. I would have to rename the file, delete the old one, close the window, reopen the file window (file now disappears) and finally rename the new file back to the old name. What a pain! You have removed that pain, thank you! Worked perfectly!

I have this problem too... How many years does it take to fix this??? Where is the solution Microsuck? No wonder I love Google.

Windows 7: Deleted files still show in windows explorer

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Hello Everyone,

As TavisB said that this didn’t occur on his guest account before he reinstalled. That means that a corrupted profile can cause this issue, let’s try creating a new account to see if that solves the problem. If the new account works correctly, I’ll provide steps to transferring over your user files.

· Click Start

· Enter User Accounts into the search field

· Press Enter on your keyboard

· Click Manage another Account

· Click Create a new account

· Type the name of the user account

· Click the account type (make it administrator if you are replacing an administrator account)

· Click Create Account

· Log off the current user

· Log into the new user

Try to replicate the problems experienced by your original profile. If the problem doesn’t occur then you just have to switch your documents over to this profile.

· Click Start

· Click Documents

· Click Tools (Press Alt if Tools isn’t visible)

· Click Folder Options…

· Click View

· Click Show hidden files and folders

· Clear Hide protected operating system files

· Click OK

· Navigate to this location C:\Users<old username>

· Select all files and folders except the Ntuser.dat, Ntuser.dat.log, and Ntuser.ini files

· Click Edit (Press Alt if not visible)

· Click Copy

· Locate the C:\Users<new username>

· Click Edit (Press Alt is not visible)

· Click Paste

· Log off the new user

· Log back into the new user

Hope that helps, look forward to hearing back from you.

Steven

Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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