Windows Explorer in Win8 Not Refreshing Automatically Without "F5"

I've been having this problem for some time and finally looked into it this evening. I have a folder that I often write files too that never refreshes automatically without a manual refresh (&quotF5&quot). I had applied a fix to my XP computers

at work a long time ago to help with DFS folders not refreshing and I found that this helped my problem in Win8. Here is the setup under which it occurred:

• Windows 8 64bit Enterprise
  
• The Downloads shell folder is redirected to a local hard drive called
  G: at G:Downloads. Note that G: is not a network drive - it is a local drive. And if it matters, G: is a mechanical hard drive (C: is a SSD).
   
  
• Open the Downloads folder on monitor 2.
  
• Start Notepad++ (third party text editor) on monitor 1 and create a file called
  test1.txt at G:Downloads.
  
• Even after waiting for 2 minutes, the new file test1.txt does not appear in the Downloads folder. I also re-sort the files by clicking on
  Date Modified twice and the new file still does not appear.
  
• Once I hit F5, the new file appears as expected in the
  Downloads folder.
   
  

I applied the workaround indicated in NoSimpleNetIDList[/b] in a new key at

HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer. Once I applied this workaround, new files appear automatically.

I don't know what the side effects of this are in Windows 8, but if anyone knows, please let me know.

It does appear though that this is a bug. I didn't see a category for Windows 8 bug reports on connect.microsoft.com and so I have not reported this there (I only saw a category for Win8 embedded).

If anyone has any other information about this, please let me know. Hopefully this helps anyone else who may be experiencing this problem.

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