Windows 10: Why do items sometimes not show up on desktop or explorer until you hit refresh?

That has been an ongoing bug for a while.

Say you move a file to the desktop, or a new file is downloaded to your folder.

You know its there, but the file icon or list item doesn't show up until you hit F5 to refresh.

A restart fixes this, but what the hell is going on here?

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how to show or list all items on Desktop

All items show on regular desktop, but not listed under File Explorer. Question is, how to get all listed under File Explorer.

 

Why does the desktop show both User and Public items?

I was cleaning up my Desktop in Windows explorer when i noticed that there were more items on my Desktop than that listed in windows explorer.

I eventually found out that the content on my Desktop was a mixture of files from User Desktop AND Public Desktop.

This was both unexpected and extremely frustrating

I expected ONLY those files in the User Desktop to be found on the Desktop.

I would like to know why the other files i found on the desktop were placed in the Public Desktop in Windows Explorer.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

File Explorer jump list doesn't consistently show location popups

Thanks for your reply.

Whatever "it" is exactly, all I know is, it does not behave consistently. This is so across multiple systems. Also, it isn't just recent items, but pinned items that fail to produce the popup on mouse over (when they should).

If the File Explorer setting you're referring to is "Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items," I already have that turned on.

Based on my tests, I tend to think this is a bug. Did you try reproducing it?

1. Right click File Explorer in taskbar to open the jump list.
2. Mouse over any of the pinned or recent folders and see if the popup with the location path appears (as shown in the screenshot with the original post).
3. If it does appear, close out of the jump list by left clicking anywhere outside of it.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 until you find the popups not appearing. In my experience, it always occurs, even if not right away. And all too often when I need them most.