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FlashGordon7
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Feb 15, 2021

file explorer not refreshing, notepad print not working, won't shutdown, windows for icloud prob

This is a really dramatic and surprising result so I wanted to tell people about it. A few months back I started to have a lot of problems with my Windows 10 Pro machine and they all happened at the ...
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-Joe254-
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Oct 18, 2023

FlashGordon7  thank you for sharing, I have same problem with file explorer and with Apple numbers files up/down loading to my i-Cloud folder.  I will try your fix and, hopefully, obtain a good result!

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    -Joe254-
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    Oct 18, 2023

    -Joe254- After deleting the i-Cloud App and restarting my computer, everything returned to normal and file explorer worked properly, i.e. when I deleted a file from a folder, it disappeared promptly and no longer remained visible until I manually refreshed it via F5 or clicking the refresh icon.  I have not reinstalled the app to see if it would work normally with it installed again.

     

    If you are having a similar problem, and have the i-Cloud app installed, you may wish to try FlashGordon7's recommendation.  It worked for me.  I'm pretty sure the problems started after I used the Numbers App and tried to upload or download a file created with it. 

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