Windows 11 Pro Desktop not Refreshing

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  • Brandon_Byrnes
    PCHF Member
    • Jan 2017
    • 626

    #1

    Windows 11 Pro Desktop not Refreshing

    I’ve been having this problem for a while now. When i drag and drop a file to my desktop it won’t appear on the desktop until I manually refresh the desktop. The same happens when deleting files, I will delete a file but it won’t disappear from the desktop until i manually refresh it. I already tried going into the registry and changing the value of β€œDontRefresh” to 0 and that didn’t work. Windows is fully updated and installed on a local drive, not a networked drive.
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  • Bruce
    PCHF Moderator
    • Oct 2017
    • 10702

    #2
    any chance the Desktop folder is part of OneDrive or some other cloud service and it’s just taking time to sync?
    just a thought!

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    • PeterOz
      PCHF Technical Response Team
      • Mar 2021
      • 4191

      #3
      or this
      https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/desktop-and-file-folders-do-not-refresh/044951ae-e07f-4451-b442-6c1043e851b0?ranMID=24542&ranEAID=kXQk6*ivFEQ&ranS iteID=kXQk6.ivFEQ-JzWp4QCsbVok4LZGjwKmQw&epi=kXQk6.ivFEQ-JzWp4QCsbVok4LZGjwKmQw&irgwc=1&OCID=AIDcmm549zy227 _aff_7593_1243925&tduid=(ir__n31imtbnjokfd3p3onpxz faop22xblq930dmsh0w00)(7593)(1243925)(kXQk6.ivFEQ-JzWp4QCsbVok4LZGjwKmQw)()&irclickid=_n31imtbnjokfd 3p3onpxzfaop22xblq930dmsh0w00&page=6

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      • Brandon_Byrnes
        PCHF Member
        • Jan 2017
        • 626

        #4
        I actually uninstalled onedrive when i installed Windows, but I do have Mega and and Google Drive’s native apps installed so maybe they are syncing with my desktop. I actually posted to the Microsoft community last night about this issue and someone said to try:
        Open your Windows Explorer, then from the top menu,
        Click on the three dotted icon (…) and select Options
        From the pop-up window Folder Options
        In Clear File Explorer history, click Clear
        Then Uncheck the boxes for β€œShow recently used files in Quick Access” and "Show frequently used folders in Quick Access
        Click Apply.
        Click Restore Defaults and then click Ok.
        Restart your computer afterwards and see if it solves your issue.

        I did that and it didn’t work. I’ll check right now if Mega or Google Drive is syncing with my desktop.

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        • Brandon_Byrnes
          PCHF Member
          • Jan 2017
          • 626

          #5
          I checked and it looks like I actually don’t have Mega or Google Drive native apps installed. i must have uninstalled them at one point. I did have iCloud installed but as far as i know I didn’t have it syncing with my pc, but to be safe I uninstalled that too but it didn’t work.

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          • Rustys
            PCHF Member
            • Jul 2016
            • 7862

            #6
            Originally posted by Brandon Byrnes
            Click Restore Defaults and then click Ok.
            You did that on each TAB correct?
            there are three tabs on the top, what you have to do is to click the β€œrestore to default” button on each tab.
            remember to click β€œapply”.

            Created another user account and tested.

            run the Minitoolbox and post the results.

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            • Brandon_Byrnes
              PCHF Member
              • Jan 2017
              • 626

              #7
              smh, i didn’t do it on each tab only the first tab. i missed the part where he said on each tab. I’ll do that right now and then I’ll post the minitoolbax results.

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              • Brandon_Byrnes
                PCHF Member
                • Jan 2017
                • 626

                #8
                also i should mention. I don’t have Onedrive installed, but I did at one point but uninstalled it. But If I go into the start menu and type OneDrive it shows up, clicking on it does nothing though. Also under This PC>Local Disk (C)>Users>β€œmy user name” is a OneDrive Folder that contains Attachment, Desktop, Documants, Pictures and a few other folders and documents, all of them link to the relevant folders including the Desktop folder

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                • Brandon_Byrnes
                  PCHF Member
                  • Jan 2017
                  • 626

                  #9
                  alright guys, this is crazy. On a hunch, i have no idea why I thought of this. I have been using Teracopy as my default program for transferring files. I decided to go ahead and uninstall teracopy and sure enough that worked. Now my files appear on my desktop when i save them or drag them there and they disappear right away when i delete them. I remember a few months ago I got a transfer error in Teracopy and I’m thinking maybe that is what was messing it up, but honestly i have no idea.

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                  • PeterOz
                    PCHF Technical Response Team
                    • Mar 2021
                    • 4191

                    #10
                    Well done

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                    • Bruce
                      PCHF Moderator
                      • Oct 2017
                      • 10702

                      #11
                      good find indeed - maybe TeraCopy needs a new version to fix some bugs!

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                      • Rustys
                        PCHF Member
                        • Jul 2016
                        • 7862

                        #12
                        Might also report the issue to them so they can create a fix.

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                        • Brandon_Byrnes
                          PCHF Member
                          • Jan 2017
                          • 626

                          #13
                          yes, and just to make 100% sure that was the problem I installed two other file transfer programs and they both worked fine. I reinstalled Teracopy and the problem came back. On the upside after uninstalling Teracopy I realized how fast the built in windows transfer is, so now I’m not even using a transfer program.

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                          • Rustys
                            PCHF Member
                            • Jul 2016
                            • 7862

                            #14
                            Glad to heat that you got this figured out.
                            Originally posted by Brandon Byrnes
                            I realized how fast the built in windows transfer is, so now I’m not even using a transfer program.

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