desktop and file folders do not refresh automatically

I know this sounds weird, but I also had this same problem, and I also went through many of the troubleshooting advice this blog offered. I also could not resolve my issue of my renamed files not updating. In the Explorer window, I noticed at the top of each column where it says Name, Date, Type, Size, Tags. I must have clicked on the tag's column and changed this setting. At the top where is says tags in the top part of the column, there is a drop box that says unspecified next to Tags. If unspecified is unchecked, the list will not update. Just put a check mark in the box and whaala it worked for me.

This may be the latest reason for this. I had this problem in the past and it started recently to occur again. Did I map any network drives? No. But what did happen, strange as it sounds was to boot up an old laptop that had mappings. I had noticed that two new mappings for that computer appeared when I open Exploder. The problem is that I can't delete the devices. Perhaps I'll have to turn on the old laptop and have it up and running for this PC to delete the network mappings. Sounds like **** but... It's Microsoft.

Also, this sounds a bit scary to just see these old mappings show up out of the blue. But after some thought I suppose it probably isn't that scary as I had authorized the computer in the past to access network shares. Just a reminder to remove sharing from old PCs when no longer using them. Something I'm sure that I will never remember to do.

In addition and a bit off-topic, if your problem is that file dates/time are no longer sorting correctly, make sure that the column is set to "Date Modified" and it hasn't been changed to simply "Date". I remember this happening from time to time with no explanation.

Thank you very much, it work with me