How to refresh Windows Explorer

天涯浪子 提交于 2019-12-18 06:54:13

问题


A network volume's name can be changed.
I changed the name to Spinal Disk

To change a network name, I do

  • Write new name in Registry.
  • Attach my network volume using functions like DefineDosDeviceW. In this timing, Windows explorer read registry in my guessing.
  • SHChangeNotify(SHCNE_DRIVEADD, SHCNF_PATH, root, NULL); // To be sure.
  • SendMessageTimeout(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_DEVICECHANGE, message, (LPARAM)(&dbv), - SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, 200, &dwResult); // To be sure again!

It works, but sometimes doesn't work even though I use SHChangeNotify and WM_DEVICECHANGE to be sure. Sometimes, the new name is not applied in Windows Explorer.
But if I terminate Explorer and re-execute, the name applied.

I'm finding an interface having Windows Explorer refreshed.(Is it correct syntax? Sorry, I can't express this sentence well.)
Is there a proper function? Explorer should re-read registry and be refreshed.


回答1:


Unfortunately, Explorer simply can't refresh every time it is told so. Because way too many apps behave badly, and just always use SHChangeNotify() with SHCNE_ALLEVENTS. Imagine if the explorer would really always refresh everything every time it receives that notification (yes, sometimes several times per second!).

That's why it sometimes doesn't work.

But here's how you can 'trick' the explorer: Send a notification for more than one path, from the bottom up. Usually it's enough to first send a notification for e.g. N:\folder and then for N:\ to really refresh N:\.

And you should send the WM_DEVICECHANGE message first, then call SHChangeNotify().




回答2:


Use SHChangeNotify(). Not actually sure which wEventId you'd use in this particular case. Start with SHCNE_ALLEVENTS.



来源:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4940603/how-to-refresh-windows-explorer

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