Thread: Are you addicted to using this rarely useful command?

"What does a desktop refresh actually do? Refreshing the desktop simply redraws the icons on the desktop. That's it! It doesn't refreshes the RAM. It doesn't clean your PC. It doesn't refreshes your computer the way it does to you when you wake up from a nap. Refreshing the desktop has absolutely no effect on the working or performance of the computer. So why is the tool there? As I said, refresh is used to re-display or redraw the icons on the desktop. Sometimes when you bring some changes to the desktop icons, the change doesn't get reflected instantly. In such cases, refreshing the desktop becomes necessary to bring the change to effect. Say, you have the desktop icons set to arrange themselves alphabetically on your desktop. When you add a new item to the desktop, this item wouldn't get arranged alphabetically, instead it would appear at the bottom of icon list on the desktop, irrespective of it's name. Now if you refresh the desktop, all the icons would be once more arranged alphabetically and the newly added item would go to it's appropriate position. This is what refresh is for. It is to re-display the desktop. Refresh has the same function when done in explorer. Also Refresh is basically the command used to refresh/reload the video buffer(VGA memory). Sometimes the changes made in the VGA memory are not reflected to the screen properly...Refresh just corrects the prob..."

So tell me are you addicted to this? I know i was, but stopped soon after realizing what it does, and seeing ubuntu does not have this .

nope...i aint used to it....n i jus use it wheneva i need it....!!!

good info....

:lol: EACH & EVERY staff in my coll does that.

If it all anything goes wrong they minimize tat app n do this. No amt of explanation can convince them.

I used to get very irritated and sometimes I couldn't help laughing when they do that.

Same thing in browsing centers as well, if windows gets stuck....

well i am not addicted to it......but i got habit of doing it unknowingly.

BTW nice post

same as logik, im not addicted to it, just sometimes happen to click refresh! But do it very rarely!

thx for the comments.. nice to know u peeps r not addicted. i was when i got the comp 4.2yrs earlier, that is after watching my friends do it .

No, i hardly ever use the refresh button.

I refresh like crazy
I know it only redraws or rather updates[programing lingo] your desktop

But still

Blame it on old habit
-->I refresh when i close or minimize a program/window [At least 5 times very quickly]

-->When i am trying to decide which game to play

-->I refresh when i am sitting and thinking before the computer [a hundred times]

-->When i am waiting for a download to complete

-->Waiting for web page to load up

In short i refresh whenever the desktop is visible

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

I refresh like crazy
I know it only redraws or rather updates[programing lingo] your desktop

But still

Blame it on old habit
-->I refresh when i close or minimize a program/window [At least 5 times very quickly]

-->When i am trying to decide which game to play

-->I refresh when i am sitting and thinking before the computer [a hundred times]

-->When i am waiting for a download to complete

-->Waiting for web page to load up

In short i refresh whenever the desktop is visible

thanks for your info,,but i like doing it..
even now i will refresh thinking that my ram is refrshed))

i just like to do it...

F5 after refresh rocks!!!

Originally Posted by mail2sc

thanks for your info,,but i like doing it..
even now i will refresh thinking that my ram is refrshed))

i just like to do it...

F5 after refresh rocks!!!

:lol:... continue m8...

I refresh couple of times whenever all windows are minimized!

i also do it sometimes ... pressing f5 repetatively for 5-6 times is almost a habit now ...

Yes i refresh it sometimes when minimized, i still cant figure it out what that refresh does apart from repainting the desktop.......LOL

My elder brother told me the Refresh + F5 thingy. Now i am a complete refresh buddy. I like the way, the desktop shows up with it

I rarely use it on desktop, but use them in windows explorer windows to see updated contents while copying something and while suring net in browsers.

Originally Posted by pisces_m

I rarely use it on desktop, but use them in windows explorer windows to see updated contents while copying something and while suring net in browsers.

using refresh in browsers is obviously a very useful feature ... but try to refresh the desktop 5-10 times continuously without any need ... then i will say ..

Welcome to the mad refreshers' club ..

I never used this for any unknown reason, i use F5 to rearrange icons on desktop and F2 to rename icons

Using Ctrl + F5 while browsing has become a habit for me lately thanks to timeouts of BSNL..

kindly try this alt+F4...

Lol nice try mate !!

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

Using Ctrl + F5 while browsing has become a habit for me lately thanks to timeouts of BSNL..

ctrl+f5 in a browser is quite useful actually ... but only F5 on the desktop is madness ... and i also am a victim of it ..

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

ctrl+f5 in a browser is quite useful actually ... but only F5 on the desktop is madness ... and i also am a victim of it ..

yup right... in ff just f5 does the job of ctrl+f5 tho....

Originally Posted by StarryKnight

yup right... in ff just f5 does the job of ctrl+f5 tho....

yes .. as far as i know only F5 is sufficient for refreshing in any browsers ..

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

yes .. as far as i know only F5 is sufficient for refreshing in any browsers ..

i think in ie, u need to press ctrl+f5 to reload the page from scratch, not using anything from the cache.

I don't think I ever use refresh from mouse click menu,I might have used F5 for a once or twice after some installation or after changing an active item on desktop like flash files or webpages(when used as wallpapers) etc.