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File manager "auto-refreshing" view problem

 
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vik



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:39 am    Post subject: File manager "auto-refreshing" view problem Reply with quote
Hello all
I'm having some problems with refreshing my file manager (Directory Opus) when working with removable devices (USB, SD, etc) it doesn't automatically refresh the view unless I make a F5. Same thing for "Safely remove devices" icon in the sys tray, it does remove the device but with no confirmation.
Everything goes correct when I go back to Explorer shell.

Any ideas?
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
vik wrote:

I'm having some problems with refreshing my file manager (Directory Opus) when working with removable devices (USB, SD, etc) it doesn't automatically refresh the view unless I make a F5.


This is a know limitation. Because the autorun feature is handled by explorer, some programs that use this will not be notified that a new device is connected. This is both a problem and an advantage. On the positive side: it prevents virus loaded by the Autorun file to be executed automatically when you insert an infected pen Wink

vik wrote:

Same thing for "Safely remove devices" icon in the sys tray, it does remove the device but with no confirmation.
Everything goes correct when I go back to Explorer shell.


There is a confirmation (if you mouse over the tray icon you will see the confirmation). The popup message just doesn't popup as it does under explorer. This should be fixed, if possible...
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vik



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
MeToo wrote:
This is a know limitation. Because the autorun feature is handled by explorer, some programs that use this will not be notified that a new device is connected. This is both a problem and an advantage. On the positive side: it prevents virus loaded by the Autorun file to be executed automatically when you insert an infected pen Wink


Just by chance, you don't know how I can replace that "Autorun"?
Maybe a third-party program or script?
I do really need an automatic refresh on my file manager Confused
Do you think its something you will work on for future releases of ED?

Thanks
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The issue also appears with Explorer (i.e. it doesn't reflect the media when a CD is inserted). Opening the CD drive will show the content, but the CD icon and title does not update automatically when a CD is inserted. It's not AutoRun per se, since autorun just executes specific files when the new media is detected. It's more to do with figuring out how new media is detected and how to alert file managers that new media has been inserted.

I'll have to do some message tracing to find out what's different when running under Explorer versus when running under eD.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Interestingly enough, it just worked for me using explorer as a file manager. I'll have to look at Directory Opus.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My finding for Directory Opus is that it's just the left hand panel (the tree view of the drives) that doesn't correctly update. This is a known issue at this point and unfortunately Microsoft isn't overly forthcoming regarding information around how a shell should facilitate this.

I spent quite a bit of time on this ages ago and gave up. Once I get a few things off of my to-do list (like a new release Wink ), I'll take a look at this again.
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