Explorer doesn't see new files or folders until F5/refresh

[Sharon F]

Hi, Bazil,
My suggestion may not seem very helpful but try to give this situation a
little bit of time. Windows Explorer has always been a little on the
pokey side but this is a new machine. XP will optimize itself during the
first week/month of use. You should eventually notice some performance
improvements. You could run defrag a few times a week to help things
along.

Other suggestions:
- Try adjusting refresh rate on monitor. Check for issues between XP and
your display driver.

- Disable unnecessary programs and services in MSCONFIG and test.

- Check for other bottlenecks: For example, power settings that allow
hard drives that are slow to spin up to sleep when inactive. A CD left
in a CD drive; zip disk in zip drive, etc.

- Spyware can cause all kinds of odd symptoms. Keep a watchful eye out
for this. Use autoprotect on your antivirus program but limit what it
checks and when. Fill in with regular full system scans for optimal
protection.

- Disk Cleanup only deletes files older than 14 days. May want to
manually go through all temp folders and delete remnants from software
installations.

Sharon F
MS MVP [Shell/User]


On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:25:05 -0700, "Bazil" <Bazil@GoUK.com> wrote:

>Hi Sharon
>
>Thanks for taking time to reply and advise.
>
>The PC is less than a week old and has the latest
>drivers. I have used disk cleanup and defrag as suggested
>but no luck.
>
>I'm sure the file/folder isn't there. I can drop a file
>into an empty folder (no long list) and it just doesn't
>show up. Refresh and its there! If I delete the file, it
>shows as still being in the folder. When I refresh, it
>has gone.
>
>Driving me slowly nuts...
>
>Event viewer has this, but I can't find what to do about
>it:
>
><<The performance counter name string value in the
>registry is incorrectly formatted. The bogus string is
>2278, the bogus index value is the first DWORD in Data
>section while the last valid index values are the second
>and third DWORD in Data section.>>
>
>Perhaps I'll have to reinstall XP.
>
>Thanks for your help and advice
>
>B
>
>
>
>

>>-----Original Message-----
>>On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:35:04 -0700, "Bazil"

><Bazil@GoUK.com> wrote:

>>

>>>Hi
>>>
>>>Anyone know a fix for this:
>>>
>>>When I right click and choose add new folder, the new
>>>folder doesn't appear until I refresh the window.
>>>
>>>If I rename a folder or a file, the rename doesn't

>appear

>>>until I refresh the window.
>>>
>>>If a move or copy a file to a folder, the file doesn't
>>>appear in the folder until I have refreshed the window.
>>>
>>>Small glitch which is driving me nuts. Any help would

>be

>>>much appreciated.
>>>
>>>With thanks in advance
>>>
>>>Bazil

>>
>>Are you sure the new file or folder isn't appearing?

>Usually Explorer

>>will add new items at the very end of the current list.

>A refresh or a

>>sort is needed to put insert it into the list in its

>proper place.

>>
>>If the new item is not appearing at all, a few

>suggestions:

>>-- Run disk cleanup and defrag: Whenever my XP setup is

>running a

>>little slow a definite improvement can be seen after a

>few runs of

>>defrag.
>>-- Check for an update for your display drivers or if

>you have an

>>onboard adapter, try bumping up the amount of memory

>allocated to it.

>>
>>Sharon F
>>MS MVP/ Shell User
>>
>>.
>>

[Kirt Thomas]

Sharon, this is good info, but in my case none of it true. I would
really like to find out why XP is sometimes requiring a manual refresh
of of explorer. I have XP pro on my laptop, and it works fine, I have
XP home on my wifes Dell, and it will not refresh unless you tell it
to. LOL, this is not a pokey explorer issue. This happens on a drag
and drop as well as a cut and paste.

Sharon F <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org> wrote in message news:<ags0gvgcasuimc5r4p8fafv504ecoi56rp@4ax.com>. ..

> Hi, Bazil,
> My suggestion may not seem very helpful but try to give this situation a
> little bit of time. Windows Explorer has always been a little on the
> pokey side but this is a new machine. XP will optimize itself during the
> first week/month of use. You should eventually notice some performance
> improvements. You could run defrag a few times a week to help things
> along.
>
> Other suggestions:
> - Try adjusting refresh rate on monitor. Check for issues between XP and
> your display driver.
>
> - Disable unnecessary programs and services in MSCONFIG and test.
>
> - Check for other bottlenecks: For example, power settings that allow
> hard drives that are slow to spin up to sleep when inactive. A CD left
> in a CD drive; zip disk in zip drive, etc.
>
> - Spyware can cause all kinds of odd symptoms. Keep a watchful eye out
> for this. Use autoprotect on your antivirus program but limit what it
> checks and when. Fill in with regular full system scans for optimal
> protection.
>
> - Disk Cleanup only deletes files older than 14 days. May want to
> manually go through all temp folders and delete remnants from software
> installations.
>
> Sharon F
> MS MVP [Shell/User]
>
>
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:25:05 -0700, "Bazil" <Bazil@GoUK.com> wrote:
>

> >Hi Sharon
> >
> >Thanks for taking time to reply and advise.
> >
> >The PC is less than a week old and has the latest
> >drivers. I have used disk cleanup and defrag as suggested
> >but no luck.
> >
> >I'm sure the file/folder isn't there. I can drop a file
> >into an empty folder (no long list) and it just doesn't
> >show up. Refresh and its there! If I delete the file, it
> >shows as still being in the folder. When I refresh, it
> >has gone.
> >
> >Driving me slowly nuts...
> >
> >Event viewer has this, but I can't find what to do about
> >it:
> >
> ><<The performance counter name string value in the
> >registry is incorrectly formatted. The bogus string is
> >2278, the bogus index value is the first DWORD in Data
> >section while the last valid index values are the second
> >and third DWORD in Data section.>>
> >
> >Perhaps I'll have to reinstall XP.
> >
> >Thanks for your help and advice
> >
> >B
> >
> >
> >
> >

> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:35:04 -0700, "Bazil"

> <Bazil@GoUK.com> wrote:

> >>
> >>>Hi
> >>>
> >>>Anyone know a fix for this:
> >>>
> >>>When I right click and choose add new folder, the new
> >>>folder doesn't appear until I refresh the window.
> >>>
> >>>If I rename a folder or a file, the rename doesn't

> appear

> >>>until I refresh the window.
> >>>
> >>>If a move or copy a file to a folder, the file doesn't
> >>>appear in the folder until I have refreshed the window.
> >>>
> >>>Small glitch which is driving me nuts. Any help would

> be

> >>>much appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>With thanks in advance
> >>>
> >>>Bazil
> >>
> >>Are you sure the new file or folder isn't appearing?

> Usually Explorer

> >>will add new items at the very end of the current list.

> A refresh or a

> >>sort is needed to put insert it into the list in its

> proper place.

> >>
> >>If the new item is not appearing at all, a few

> suggestions:

> >>-- Run disk cleanup and defrag: Whenever my XP setup is

> running a

> >>little slow a definite improvement can be seen after a

> few runs of

> >>defrag.
> >>-- Check for an update for your display drivers or if

> you have an

> >>onboard adapter, try bumping up the amount of memory

> allocated to it.

> >>
> >>Sharon F
> >>MS MVP/ Shell User
> >>
> >>.
> >>