N
Newman
Flightless Bird
For some time now our entire organization of about 20 PCs joined into
an Active Directory and with a Windows 2003 Domain Controller have
been having a curious problem; that is, file operations on network
drives do not generate automatic updates to the view for the current
folder. This was true for both Windows Explorer view, and Folder views
- as well as mapped network drives and network shares accessed via UNC
path names.
After a small amount of research, the "quick fix" is simply to press
F5. Fair enough, but you really should not have to do this -
especially since it was not required in the 10 or so previous years
that we have had a network.
So after weeks of intermittent Googling, and much head bashing, I
found dozens of suggestions - non of which worked, not even the stuff
on Kelly's Corner!
Then I found another post which worked! So I am re-stating what I
found, since it is the *only* thing that has worked for me. I hope the
solution helps you too!
The original post was for Win7, but I found a similar registry entry
for Win XP. I have included the text for a ".REG" file. Just copy &
paste, save, and load into your registry. Re-Boot and you should be
good to go!!
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BDEADE7F-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}\Instance]
"CLSID"="{4D5C8C2A-D075-11D0-B416-00C04FB90376}"
"DontRefresh"=dword:00000000
I can't believe it was so hard to find the solution for this little
"gem"!
Enjoy!
an Active Directory and with a Windows 2003 Domain Controller have
been having a curious problem; that is, file operations on network
drives do not generate automatic updates to the view for the current
folder. This was true for both Windows Explorer view, and Folder views
- as well as mapped network drives and network shares accessed via UNC
path names.
After a small amount of research, the "quick fix" is simply to press
F5. Fair enough, but you really should not have to do this -
especially since it was not required in the 10 or so previous years
that we have had a network.
So after weeks of intermittent Googling, and much head bashing, I
found dozens of suggestions - non of which worked, not even the stuff
on Kelly's Corner!
Then I found another post which worked! So I am re-stating what I
found, since it is the *only* thing that has worked for me. I hope the
solution helps you too!
The original post was for Win7, but I found a similar registry entry
for Win XP. I have included the text for a ".REG" file. Just copy &
paste, save, and load into your registry. Re-Boot and you should be
good to go!!
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BDEADE7F-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}\Instance]
"CLSID"="{4D5C8C2A-D075-11D0-B416-00C04FB90376}"
"DontRefresh"=dword:00000000
I can't believe it was so hard to find the solution for this little
"gem"!
Enjoy!