Help: Vista Explorer has stopped Refreshing Folder Contents (Corrected Typo)

I must have done something but have no idea where and searching the
Registry gives no obvious clues.

Whenever I move files from a folder it fails to refresh the remaining
content until I focus upon another folder and return.

Any idea what I did and how to correct this crazy behavior?

Thanks

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:07:00 -0500, wrote:

>I must have done something but have no idea where and searching the
>Registry gives no obvious clues.

The Registry? What were you searching for?

>Whenever I move files from a folder it fails to refresh the remaining
>content until I focus upon another folder and return.

How are you going about making the move?

>Any idea what I did and how to correct this crazy behavior?
>
>Thanks

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:22:36 -0500, Paul Montgomery
<> wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:07:00 -0500, wrote:
>
>>I must have done something but have no idea where and searching the
>>Registry gives no obvious clues.
>
>The Registry? What were you searching for?

I was hoping to find a key unique to Explorer with a tag indicating
"refresh folder content". Obviously, it did not jump out.
>
>>Whenever I move files from a folder it fails to refresh the remaining
>>content until I focus upon another folder and return.
>
>How are you going about making the move?

As an example, a floder has both files and other folders within it. If
you focus upon a file, or set of files, and drag them to a folder
within that group the whole set of contents dissapear from the screen.

The only way to refresh the contents is to focus upon a folder outside
the folder group and then refocus upon the original folder. Attempting
to focus upon one of the other subfolders does not work.

Thanks
>
>>Any idea what I did and how to correct this crazy behavior?
>>
>>Thanks

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:37:20 -0500, wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:22:36 -0500, Paul Montgomery
><> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:07:00 -0500, wrote:
>>
>>>I must have done something but have no idea where and searching the
>>>Registry gives no obvious clues.
>>
>>The Registry? What were you searching for?
>
>I was hoping to find a key unique to Explorer with a tag indicating
>"refresh folder content". Obviously, it did not jump out.

It would have been surprising if it did. You can't search the registry
like you can Google <g>. You need the exact wording used in the registry.

>>>Whenever I move files from a folder it fails to refresh the remaining
>>>content until I focus upon another folder and return.
>>
>>How are you going about making the move?
>
>As an example, a floder has both files and other folders within it. If
>you focus upon a file, or set of files, and drag them to a folder
>within that group the whole set of contents dissapear from the screen.

Wow. I do that a lot here - almost daily - and I've never had the problem.
I have a huge collection of old time radio shows and after I listen to one,
I drag it to the "listened to" folder within the folder that has those
shows. Never any trouble.

>The only way to refresh the contents is to focus upon a folder outside
>the folder group and then refocus upon the original folder. Attempting
>to focus upon one of the other subfolders does not work.
>
>Thanks
>>
>>>Any idea what I did and how to correct this crazy behavior?
>>>
>>>Thanks

I wish you luck!

>
>It would have been surprising if it did. You can't search the registry
>like you can Google <g>. You need the exact wording used in the registry.
>
Actually it was more than a search, perhaps more like an indepth
examination of Windows specific keys hoping to find something that may
have changed. None-the-less your point is well taken.

>
>Wow. I do that a lot here - almost daily - and I've never had the problem.
>I have a huge collection of old time radio shows and after I listen to one,
>I drag it to the "listened to" folder within the folder that has those
>shows. Never any trouble.
>
Exactly. I have done something similar as well and even on this build
as recently as two days ago. There were only two changes that I made
since then. One was an evga driver update for the motherboard 780sli
and the other when I tried Ashampoo Power Up.

The Ashampoo may be responsible since it explicitedly has a field for
this. But, after changing the field it still behaves "wrongly".

Note, I can live with the problem for now since there is an easy work
around. Although it does take a little more time because of the
increased mouse clicks. It's not enough for me to rebuild right now
but it will eventually play a part.

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:44:13 -0500, wrote:

>>
>>It would have been surprising if it did. You can't search the registry
>>like you can Google <g>. You need the exact wording used in the registry.
>>
>Actually it was more than a search, perhaps more like an indepth
>examination of Windows specific keys hoping to find something that may
>have changed. None-the-less your point is well taken.

You sounded like a newb... which you obviously aren't. That's the
only reason I made that point.

>>
>>Wow. I do that a lot here - almost daily - and I've never had the problem.
>>I have a huge collection of old time radio shows and after I listen to one,
>>I drag it to the "listened to" folder within the folder that has those
>>shows. Never any trouble.
>>
>Exactly. I have done something similar as well and even on this build

"this build"??

How often do you "build"?


>as recently as two days ago. There were only two changes that I made
>since then. One was an evga driver update for the motherboard 780sli
>and the other when I tried Ashampoo Power Up.
>
>The Ashampoo may be responsible since it explicitedly has a field for
>this. But, after changing the field it still behaves "wrongly".
>
>Note, I can live with the problem for now since there is an easy work
>around. Although it does take a little more time because of the
>increased mouse clicks. It's not enough for me to rebuild right now
>but it will eventually play a part.

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:12:22 -0500, Paul Montgomery
<> wrote:


>You sounded like a newb... which you obviously aren't. That's the
>only reason I made that point.
>
Yes, a few years including having written a couple real-time operating
systems. But that's a different ballgame.

>
>How often do you "build"?
>
As one who likes to experiment and try the very leading-edge I do it
more often than most and have it down to a science. When I got the
new mb I probably rebuild four times until I got it the way I wanted.
Since the 780sli is relatively new there have been a number of
unpdates including BIOS flashes. The major problem today is
formating 500Gb to 1Tb disks, especially if you choose not to do a
quick format.

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:55:46 -0500,
wrote:

>On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:12:22 -0500, Paul Montgomery
><> wrote:
>
>
>>You sounded like a newb... which you obviously aren't. That's the
>>only reason I made that point.
>>
>Yes, a few years including having written a couple real-time operating
>systems. But that's a different ballgame.
>
>>
>>How often do you "build"?
>>
>As one who likes to experiment and try the very leading-edge I do it
>more often than most and have it down to a science. When I got the
>new mb I probably rebuild four times until I got it the way I wanted.
>Since the 780sli is relatively new there have been a number of
>unpdates including BIOS flashes. The major problem today is
>formating 500Gb to 1Tb disks, especially if you choose not to do a
>quick format.

Rebuild? Poor choice of words. That's almost as daft as Frank claiming
he's an engineer because he once claimed to have replaced a single
component on a single motherboard, ONCE. Frank the idiot he is,
thought that would impress us.

Updating/changing the BIOS isn't rebuilding. Neither is swapping
memory or trying different CPU's, heat sinks or other stuff.

If you want to be technical you never "built" a system either. Not
even once. Nobody has. The best you've done is ASSEMBLE a handful of
off the shelf parts like a power supply, motherboard, memory, CPU,
heartsick, added a hard drive, mouse, keyboard, graphic card other
goodies if you want, plugged in a few cables, loaded some drivers that
came with the MB, loaded the OS, then your applications and you're off
to the races.

So easy, kids do it. I've taught several in the neighborhood how.
Even overclocking is easy these days. Do it directly from BIOS. Big
deal.

Hint: anyone that's done simple home repair, changed oil in your car
can EASILY "assemble" their own computer, save money and end up with a
better, faster system than any pre-build box. I've been doing it for
over 15 years. Piece of cake.

Ringmaster wrote:
>
> So easy, kids do it. I've taught several in the neighborhood how.
> Even overclocking is easy these days. Do it directly from BIOS. Big
> deal.

OH NO, Albright is teaching kids? And when the Mistro Ringmaster
Albright is teaching the kids, he molests them too, as he goes around
the neighborhood teaching kids.

Albright with "It's a lovely day in the *neighborhood*". <VBG>

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:31:13 -0400, Chicken Little Albright
<> wrote:

>Ringmaster wrote:
>>
>> So easy, kids do it. I've taught several in the neighborhood how.
>> Even overclocking is easy these days. Do it directly from BIOS. Big
>> deal.
>
>OH NO, Albright is teaching kids? And when the Mistro Ringmaster
>Albright is teaching the kids, he molests them too, as he goes around
>the neighborhood teaching kids.
>
>Albright with "It's a lovely day in the *neighborhood*". <VBG>

You're cut from the same cloth as Frank. You're nothing but a pig,
fool, jackass and lie spreader.