Windows XP Auto-Refresh

Hey Guys this is my first post here
may be you discussed this problem before but when i copy -paste any folder or file or renaming any folder or file i must make refresh to view changes
auto-refresh on my desktop doesn't work
any Ideas???

 

do you have any other user accounts on your pc??

does the issue occur in the other accounts??

if not other accounts, then create a new user account, log into the new one, transfer your files and settings to the new account and delete the old account, there may be a corruption in the old account that is causing this issue.

Or, you could run checkdisk:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265/en-us
How to perform checkdisk

if you do not have Recovery Console installed, then run from the start menu

go to start, run, type in cmd

in cmd type in chkdsk c: /r and press enter

type Y for yes and press enter

type exit and press enter

restart pc, allow checkdisk to finish and run again

this is a lengthy process depending on the size of your harddrive, the percentages will fluctuate, this is normal, you can view report in the event viewer.
go to start>run> and type in eventvwr.msc, click on the applications directory, and in the right hand panel choose winlogon.