How to fix Desktop or Explorer does not refresh automatically in Windows 10/8/7

Description:

1. Run registry editor (regedit.exe) as administrator
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID
3. Right-click on CLSID and perform a search for "dontrefresh"
4. Change the values to 0
5. Keep hitting F3 to continue searching registry for the same value. If a result is found, change its value to 0.
6. Hit F5 to refresh registry
7. Open command prompt without elevation and issue the following command: tskill explorer
8. Your Explorer shell should now be able to automatically update changes made to files and folders. You can test this by creating a folder on desktop and attempting to rename it.


If it does not, here are a few other suggestions:
1] Use ShellExView from Nirsoft and disable third-party shell extensions which may be obstructing the smooth functioning of Windows Explorer. This may be a trial-and-error method.
2] From the Task Manager, kill the explorer.exe process and then restart it again. Also restore the default Explorer Settings. To do so, open Folder Options and under the General tab, press Restore Defaults. Click Apply and Exit.
3] Some have found that deleting the thumbnail cache and/or rebuilding the icon cache has helped them resolve the issue.
4] Reboot in Clean Boot State and try to troubleshoot the issue.
This problem appears to be quite common – so much so that there is even an acronym made for it: WEDR – Windows Explorer Doesn’t Refresh! So the BSOD now has a companion!

Microsoft has released some hotfixes to resolve such issues at KB960954 and KB823291. Please check IF they are applicable to your operating system and situation before you decide to download and apply them.

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1. Registry Changes

One of the most successful solutions to this problems (although it doesn't help all the time) is to turn on the Windows desktop refresh feature. To do this, go to "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BDEADE7F-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}\Instance", look out for a DWORD value called "DontRefresh" which is set to "1" (on). Change the value to "0" (off). This re-enables the refresh. Note that the CLSID given above may depend on your machine. The easiest solution if you can't find the key is to just go to "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID", hit "F3" and do a search for "DontRefresh".

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