Windows 7 Taskforce

Constant refresh while copying files to a folder with a shared folder within

Submitted by DARKGuy on December 18, 2008 to Bug, Usability

Problem: Well this has happened to me once (right now). Steps to reproduce:

1. Make a folder called "!Shared" on your Documents (can be any name anyways)
2. Share it
3. Make a new folder inside your Documents called "2" (for example, can be any name)
4. Paste a bunch of files in the newly created folder.
5. Try to create a new folder in your Documents and change its name.

You'll see you can't rename the folder while it is copying files to "2" because the window is constantly doing a refresh. I dunno why, I assume it is because it is monitoring the files that are being copied to the folder within :/

I also think this is related to this bug:

http://www.windows7taskforce.com/view/257

Solution: Stop the constant refresh in the folder where there is no file activity? it's just silly to do code-wise and annoying for the user. I had to wait until the copy was finished so I could rename my newly-created folder.

Severity: High

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

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