[SOLVED] Windows 7 Explorer / Desktop does not refresh automatically

⟳!

Symptoms:

• You delete a file/folder on your desktop but it is still shown until you press F5 / refresh the desktop
• You create a new Folder but nothing appears unless you press F5 / refresh the desktop
• You rename a file/folder but the old name is still shown until you press F5 / refresh the desktop

I had the problem with my previous Windows 7 installation and thought I just had to live with it. Actually I never bothered to search for a solution. When the same problem appeared with my current installation again I started looking and found this:

One of the most successful solutions to this problems (although it doesn't help all the time) is to turn on the Windows desktop refresh feature. To do this, go to "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BDEADE7F-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}\Instance", look out for a DWORD value called "DontRefresh" which is set to "1" (on). Change the value to "0" (off). This re-enables the refresh. Note that the CLSID given above may depend on your machine. The easiest solution if you can't find the key is to just go to "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID", hit "F3" and do a search for "DontRefresh".

Source: itworld.com

EDIT:
After a while Windows tends to continue this behaviour regardless to the DontRefresh setting. In this case, set the Value back to 1, and then to 0 again.