Solved Can File Explorer Auto-Refresh be Disabled?

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I have searched G and cannot find any definitive answers so it seems as if the answer is "No, it can't" The main thing that keeps me questioning this matter is the fact that when I load a SD card and copy files to it, the directory does not refresh automatically. Therefore, there must be a way to turn off the Auto-Refresh for the HDD files.

Has anyone successfully achieved this or officially debunked the possibility?
 

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Is the SD slot run by the same controller as the HD? I remember on an HP desktop machine it would pulse the HD access light once per second. Turns out it was checking the optical drive for disc present. The DVD drive was on the same controller. When I disabled the DVD drive the pulsing stopped. Of course I couldn't leave it like that so I taped something black over the LED.

On another machine I noticed the SD readers were showing a red LED pulsing so I assumed that was on the same controller as the optical drive. You could go into device manager and disable the optical drive just to see what happens as I did. Then you'll know if you can stop the refresh or not.
 

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I'm not sure you are understanding me. When I copy files, the file appears in the list alphabetically because I have the folder set to sort by name. When I rename a file, it automatically sorts immediately, instead of waiting until I hit f5 to refresh. I want to disable the immediate "file list refreshing" and force windows to wait until I hit f5 to Refresh and Sort By Name.

Does that make sense? Many of these terms are interchangable with other functions so it can be difficult to phrase my question properly. I just don't want the file I renamed in File Explorer window to change order until I hit Refresh.
 

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I am looking for a possible difference the SD vis a vis the HD. The controller pulse polling for optical disc contents(a disc in the drive) may be related, or not. It only takes a moment to disable the optical drive to see if it makes a difference.

I haven't heard of this issue before so I am just taking a guess.
 

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Thanks for clarifying.

It's more of a peeve to me than a Win issue. In older ver. like 98, XP, NT and so forth, the auto-refresh file listing was not happening. I'm a photographer, so there are times when I need to rename the files. Classic example is Mardi Gras time, which it is now. I like to rename the generic file names "img_0001.jpg" to reflect which parades and floats are present in the shots for posting reference instead of using my Photo Browser to distinguish every time I want to share the different shots. It gets annoying when I hit enter and the file jumps to the end or beginning of the list.

The only way I have been circumventing this is after renaming, use the mouse to click on the next file instead of pressing Enter. The renamed file will still ReSort itself but the selected file is the next in sequence. Otherwise I have to scroll through the list to get back to the files I still need to rename. PITA!

Thanks for helping. I haven't found anything in RegEdit that seems to enable or disable this function. I'm still trying to figure out a way though :)
 

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Not sure if this helps but you could try the "sorting by date modified" and it should put all files just moved and changed up top at all times..

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I have used the sort by date which does stop the files from resorting after renaming. For the most part that way works but there are instances where it's not very effective once I have renamed many files.

Using a "search *" will yield a list and allow me to rename without refreshing as well but then I wind up with many files in the list that are irrelevant and it's less convenient to use a seperate folder for eveything in order to list only the files that need attention. I guess I hoping that I was overlooking some simple switch to turn AutoRefresh on or off. Thanks everyone!
 

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sort by date is different than sort by date modified.. just make sure..

you have to actually add the sort option..

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you can also try Agent Ransack and search with crazy options.. but maybe watch people use it on youtube..

https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/download
 

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Thanks for that. I haven't searched for "auto arrange" yet. I was using other terms. I have been considering a third party file manager but i'm like what's the point of Win Explorer if it's not robust. If ANY filemanager should have the most options , it's the one integrated into the OS!

"LOL Silly Microsoft Progamming For Kids LOL"-Trix Rabbit
Is FreeCommander like Midnight Commander for Windows?
 

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Bruce, I'm telling you what you want can be done you just aren't using the correct "sort by" option..

Unless I don't understand what you are trying to do,

If you have 1000 files and you need to rename them, you can, after you rename one file you are saying it jumps somewhere?

There are about 50 ways to tell the explorer to sort and I know and at least one of the ways will sort the files to the way you want.. There is definitely a way through the internal windows sort method..

Have you looked at the 50 ways to sort??

Arrange, sort, or group your files


Or

How to sort by most recent with folders on top? - Microsoft Community
 

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Thanks for that. I haven't searched for "auto arrange" yet. I was using other terms. I have been considering a third party file manager but i'm like what's the point of Win Explorer if it's not robust. If ANY filemanager should have the most options , it's the one integrated into the OS!

"LOL Silly Microsoft Progamming For Kids LOL"-Trix Rabbit
Is FreeCommander like Midnight Commander for Windows?

It is similar. It has a dual pane multi-tabbed design. New development is FreeCommanderXE. But I like the old FreeCommander last release. It has a nice file renamer, Layouts or tab sets that you can open by clicking on the layout name. Many features.

There is a multi-threaded file manager named MultiCommander that is available as a true multithread 64 bit program if you have a 64 bit version of Windows.
 

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@brooksndunn, I appreciate the options you have suggested. I have already acknowleged that using sort by date can help to prevent this but in cases where I'm not renaming a camera roll of images, the sort by date can be tedious. I have used these methods on occasion for lack of a disabling feature. I know, I'm difficult when I want things to work my way :)


This is great, I was reading the comment section and someone suggested after renaming the first file, press TAB instead of ENTER to jump to the next file. I tried this and it actually sets up the next file in rename mode automatically after the other file rearranges itself. This is convenient since there is no need for extra key strokes like F2 or clicking the highlighted file to rename it. I am still going to check out FreeCommander. I use Linux in command line mode frequently and mc is my friend :) LOL

I sincerely appreciate everyone's feedback! Thanks for helping me out :)
 

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dont forget all the super shortcut tricks!

Like I never knew holding shift or CTRL while clicking sorting forces things too...

you can do it with windows.. but yes, it just takes some figuring out how to manipulate it..
 

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Glad the tip on the page worked out for you.
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