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Windows desktop won't refresh!!

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by jerantm

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I have a PC at work that has Windows 98 2nd Edition. Whenever I unzip files to the desktop or any folder that is currently open, the file system will not refresh by itself. I have to hit F5 to refresh the file system and see the files. If that doesn't work I have to either open File Explorer, close it and then hit F5 or I have to goto the display properties and press OK there then hit F5 on the desktop to view the newly placed files. I have been looking forever to solve this problem, but nobody has a clue. Please help....by the way, reinstalling Windows does not help either....the problem appears right after a fresh installation of Windows

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by jeffrey

Try this:
Go to START | RUN | and type regedit
Drill down the left-hand pane through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/control/update. In the right-hand pane, right-click on UpdateMode and select Modify. In the edit window, change the 01 to 00. You will have to exit Regedit and reboot your computer before the change takes effect.

by jerantm

Thanks for the tip, but I tried this already and to no avail. I didn't mention (but not sure if it makes a difference) that this problem happens when the machine has any Win9x operating system.

by jerantm

Thanks, but that page does not exist. I searched everywhere I could think of, and I could not find any solution to this problem.

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