OT: Windows 7 operating systems, Windows Explorer failing to display files

[Dave.Stamm at gdc4s.com]

2012-08-27-01T16:20Z

Framers using Windows 7 operating systems:

My setups:  At work:  Windows 7 Enterprise SP 1; at home:  Windows 7 Home Premium SP 1

	NOTE:  If you have experienced the problem described below, please reply - off-list, if you wish - so I can document to the Service Desk staff that, "It's not just me," which I know it's not.

Intermittently, irregularly, in both operating systems, Windows Explorer fails to display files I just saved.

At work, I save > 99 % of files into a security group of folders on a server on the LAN.  At home, I save > 99 % of files onto the hard drive of my workstation.

Immediately after saving one or more files to either place, I start the files' native programs or use Windows Explorer to open the files.  I navigate to the folder into which I just saved the file or files.  The entries for the files do not appear.

I choose the folder that contains the files, display the window for the folder's properties, and confirm that the "Hidden" check box has _no_check_mark_.  I've even applied "Hidden" to the folder and then reversed the setting.  Still no just-saved files displayed.

As of this morning, the most-recent twist is that Windows Explorer displayed some files that I expected to see but that it did not display last Friday.  Because one of my mapped network drives did not appear in Windows Explorer, I was advised to log off and to log back on, which I did.  Windows Explorer displayed the "missing" drive just fine.  _And_ again displayed the list of files as it had appeared last Friday.

I suspect that there's a problem with Windows Explorer's caching of its displays or some such.  So, to pursue a fix to the problem, I have to report it to the staff of the Service Desk.  This is where your confirming my experience comes in.

"¡Thanks!" in advance for your time and interest.

Regards,
Dave Stamm
Information Engineer