I found another article saying that the effect appears as soon as you open any Windows Explorer window. I tried this out and it really depends on the Windows Explorer on my machine.
Once a Windows Explorer has been opened, file changes are not being refreshed. To kill this effect, I have to close ALL explorer.exe processes and start only one through the Task Manager. Refreshing then works fine until you open another Windows Explorer window.
It seems like I have to use an Explorer alternative like Total Commander for file management. It really is unbelievable that Microsoft still hasn't brought out a patch; this bug seems to have been talked about around the web for over six months now.
I had similiar problems after i installed "SuRun". It had to do with "fast user switching" and explorer.exe running in different user contexts. Did you install any software recently? – None – 2013-03-07T05:40:18.177
And you are deleting the file using Windows Explorer as well? And did you restart your computer since you have that problem? – Arjan – 2009-11-14T15:31:01.000