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Windows 98 - Refresh the Desktop/Explorer faster

November 30, 2013
Updated: December 6, 2021
Quick overview:

Sie haben eine Datei aus dem Internet direkt auf den Desktop heruntergeladen und sehen das Resultat erst wenn Sie F5 für Aktualisieren gedrückt haben? Verändert sich das Papierkorb-Symbol auch nach einem Klick auf Papierkorb leeren nicht? Das Problem liegt in der Aktualisierungseinstellung des Explorers und des Desktops - das Ziel besteht nun darin diese Einstellung so zu setzen, dass eine sofortige Aktualisierung erfolgt:

Keeping the desktop up to date - how it works

1. First click on the Start menu and select Run.... The keyword regedit is entered in that dialog, which, after clicking on Ok (or the Enter key) leads to the Windows registry editor.

2. Hangeln Sie sich nun durch den Registrierungsschlüssel HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Update und doppelklicken Sie im rechten Teilfenster auf UpdateMode. Ändern Sie diesen Wert nun auf 00 um (Standardwert: 01), indem Sie den vorhandenen Wert per Entf löschen und den Neuen eintragen, und bestätigen Sie mit OK.

A restart should suffice for the changes to take effect: The desktop refresh rate will now have automated itself and will no longer hide any changes.

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in the 90s. His helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write elsewhere, for example for PC-Praxis, Computer Bild and PCWorld in the USA. Microsoft also poached him from us. Now Sandro is back, finally sharing his tweaks here again. For a stress-free digital everyday life. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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