How to prevent Win Explorer to auto refresh?

[Claude Schneegans]

Hi,

I have a work station under Win Xp SP2.
When I open Win Explorer on any folder in the network, the list of all
folders in the left colum
is refreshed automatically about every 5 seconds. Only on a folder in
the network, not on any
local folder.
I do not need to have it refreshed, I can do it myself (F5) if I need.

Questions:
1º is this refresh triggered by the station or the server?
2º Where and how can I kill this PITA?

Thanks.

 

[JS]

Most likely a server issue, See 2003 server article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831129/
Also see XP article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816375/en-us as a
possible cure.

JS

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I have a work station under Win Xp SP2.
When I open Win Explorer on any folder in the network, the list of all
folders in the left colum is refreshed automatically about every
5 seconds. Only on a folder in the network, not on any local folder.
I do not need to have it refreshed, I can do it myself (F5) if I need.

"Folder tree flickers when you view a mapped network drive in Microsoft
Windows Explorer" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831129/en-us

 

[V Green]

Hi,

I have a work station under Win Xp SP2.
When I open Win Explorer on any folder in the network, the list of all
folders in the left colum
is refreshed automatically about every 5 seconds. Only on a folder in
the network, not on any
local folder.
I do not need to have it refreshed, I can do it myself (F5) if I need.

Questions:
1º is this refresh triggered by the station or the server?
2º Where and how can I kill this PITA?

Thanks.

When this happened to me, it was due to AV software
running on the remote machines.

As a test, I put the AV into "sleep" for awhile, the
flickering went away...

Since this is not practical, you might just have to live with it.

 

[Claude Schneegans]

"Folder tree flickers when you view a mapped network drive in Microsoft
Thanks, this was a good hint, but apparently it applies only to
Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
I have Windos XP Pro.

 

[V Green]

Thanks, this was a good hint, but apparently it applies only to
Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
I have Windos XP Pro.

Most stuff that references WS2k3 applies to XP as well.

You should not dismiss it out of hand.

 

[Claude Schneegans]

Also see XP article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816375/en-us as a
possible cure.

Ah ah! This one did the trick! Thanks a lot.

 

[JS]

Glad to help.

JS

possible cure.

Ah ah! This one did the trick! Thanks a lot.