May/100
Windows 7: Deleting or Rename Files still appear in Windows Explorer until they are refreshed
I was experiencing a problem with Windows 7 Explorer in that deleting a file left behind a ghosted out version of the file in Explorer with the same name. I couldn’t actually do anything with this file as it was actually deleted (or moved if I had renamed it) but it was still listed until the folder was refreshed through the magic of the F5 key.
Finally when having to rename a load of these files I’d had enough. Googling the answer pointed me to some Microsoft forums which gave technologically advanced answers like registry editing and someone even suggesting recreating your user profile. This was from Microsoft!
Somewhere in one of the threads someone pointed out that this only happened when accessing the Documents through a ‘Library’. Libraries in Windows 7 are a useful feature to my personal account as they are a useful way of accessing a spread apart music or video collection via a single access point, especially given an external disc. But it seems some sort of caching issue creeps up with accessing folders in the Library.
The problem I had was that accessing something as u:\users\rishistar\My Documents\test\ still resolved to a Libraries path so I right clicked on each library and deleted each one. I don’t use them on my work account so this was fine for me. YMMV.
As a coda I did have to re-create my favourite shortcuts in the top left of the Explorer pane but that was no big deal.