Why does desktop not refresh

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I have the same question 3. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Claudeeera Independent Advisor. Hello, I am Claudeir, an independent Microsoft specialist, it is very important to me that all your questions are answered and that you have a positive experience.

Share any news and if you still have questions, answer in more detail so we can help you better If the answer helped, click YES and mark as answered, your opinion helps us a lot, thanks. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Claudeeera's post on February 7, Finally, if nothing resolves, the ideal is to format the system. We apologize for the inconvenience but formatting the system is sure to be resolved, remember to back up your files.

Publish any news and if you still have questions answer with more details so that we can better help you. If the answer helped, click YES and mark as answered, your opinion helps us a lot, thanks. I suspect it must be a recent Windows update that is causing this?? Disable third party software and services from system startup. Note: This procedure disables all third party services and programs. You can later, if the problem is solved in this way, selectively enable the programs and services that will start with Windows, instead of keeping all disabled.

If the problem returns after activating the startup of a specific service or program, the problem is exactly in the startup of this software and it is recommended to remove it. Delete temporary system files. Permanently delete all files inside the folder, if some files are not deleted it will be normal as they may be in use.

Create a new system user profile. Publish any news and in case you still have questions answer with more details so that we can better serve you. Hello, So I've had the chance to do the above, but they haven't worked.

I understand, answering your question, there are actually some other users with similar problems, they were basically given the same options to solve the problem that I gave them, but in no case did they come back in the post to say if they managed to solve or if the problem remains, given that, I will have to release your question to another specialist, maybe he has other options to pass on to you and try to solve your case, I really apologize, I hope another analyst can help you, even more.

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I had a samba share to a network printer scan folder pinned in the quick access folder. After trying all other solutions including resetting my Windows, this worked! Look to see if you have any shortcuts to poor performing network locations. It took me forever to find out the fix to this issue, and I was tempted to just reset my whole PC, with the only thing stopping me being a slow connection. Thank you, Joan, for your answer which give me an idea of how to fix it.

Switching from a cloud-synced Microsoft account to a local user account worked for me. Sign up to join this community.

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Or delete desktop. Took ownership and deleted the desktop. Let me look at doing file icon cache and I'll let you know. Does this happen if you perform a Clean Boot of Windows?

Did you ever solve this? Been happening to me for six months, all folders not just desktop. None of the answers made a jot of difference. Show 1 more comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. JW 5, 3 3 gold badges 21 21 silver badges 42 42 bronze badges. Waka Waka 1, 5 5 silver badges 5 5 bronze badges. So I tried both of your suggestions but it's still not working.

Reset Folders: i. I added it myself per the advice of this article here: i. Not that it matters since neither one works. In case you're wondering I made sure to reboot my system before taking the video after I made those changes.

No dice. If the issue does not occur, one of the files can be the culprit.