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Downloaded file does not appear
Hello Small bug when I download a file (or whatever else) on the desktop for example (Canary version) The file does not appear, I have to do "right click / refresh" for the file to appear Th...
When you say you download on the desktop, do you mean right clicking on a file on the web and choosing "save link as" and browsing for the desktop?
where do you have to refresh? the web page or your desktop?
where do you have to refresh? the web page or your desktop?
When I want to download a file, I have the window that opens to ask me where I want to save (set like this in Canary)
I choose to save on the desktop, and when the download is finished, on the desktop I do not have the file, and I do "right click / refresh" on the desktop, and it's good
- Looks like a Windows problem
try this:
1. in the Windows search type "folder options" or "file explorer options"
2. Click on the View tab
3. Click on Reset Folders button.
4. In the same tabs at the bottom select restore defaultsI do not think it's a problem of Windows, I do not have this problem with other browsers
And new install of Windows 10 yesterday
- Your issue is similar to these:
https://superuser.com/questions/1258643/desktop-does-not-automatically-refresh-when-moving-renaming-deleting-files-fol
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/dontrefresh-new-files-do-not-appear-until-f5-or-a/9091a201-f4e6-4b53-b429-fbe561510e24
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/desktop-does-not-refresh-automatically-windows
https://www.itworld.com/article/2827156/what-to-do-when-windows-explorer-doesn-t-refresh.html