File name changes...

Post by **Canis** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:55 pm

Hey tech dudes. My PC at work wont show the name change of a file if you rename it, until you right click and choose refresh from the contextual menu, or somehow refresh the view by other means. I'd liek for it to show the name of the renamed files immediately. Is this a known problem?

Post by **Foo** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:06 pm

Post by **Canis** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:31 am

WinXP Pro w/ latest updates.

Post by **Canis** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:32 am

Same thing happens if I copy and paste a file, or drag it from one folder to an open folder. The open folder will not show the new file until the folder has been manually refreshed.

Post by **Captain** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:00 am

How much RAM do you have and what's your PF (PageFile) usage?

Post by **axbaby** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:53 am

allow file indexing problem or a file search program like google or spyware ?? just a guess

Post by **Canis** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:32 am

There's no extra indexing software on the thing.

I've got 1GB RAM and the page file system is set to automatic. I havent checked the usage in a while, but previous checks didnt show anything out of the ordinary.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:40 am

Maybe you need to clear out your temporary files folder.

Post by **Underpants?** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:19 pm

all local files? I ask because this (along with other symptoms) is a known problem between certain NT servers and XP.

Post by **Canis** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:05 pm

Yeah, its all the files on my hard drive, and all folders, regardless of whether I made them or some application made them.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:16 pm

i get this sometimes when i do renaming and etc through the network... not locally though..

i'm not sure if that helps anyone though

Post by **Underpants?** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:33 pm

Try this little piece of mad plagiarized advice:
You can make Windows Explorer constantly refresh and update its files and folder views. Go through the Registry through RegEdit, and navigate through the left-hand pane until you get to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet / control / Update item. In the right-hand pane, click on UpdateMode and select Modify. In the Edit window, change 01 to 00. Exit everything and reboot for this to take effect.