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The purpose of refreshing your desktop is to redraw or reorder your icons if a change has been made. Refreshing the desktop does NOT dump or free ram and it does NOT speed up the performance of your computer at all.
Example: If I delete a program, lets say an antivirus or such, and it deletes all of the files and folders that go with it, but it doesn't ( for some odd reason ) delete the icon on the desktop, if you right click and hit "refresh" it will remove the icon from your desktop.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe computer is going really slow or the internet is not connected at the time.
Just think about it as you drinking water, it refreshes you and makes you run better same with a computer :)
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoSometimes the desktop icons are not drawn properly by windows or some other application draws junk on the desktop (display).
'Refresh' is a command to re-draw the display on screen.
One more use is, we can check the response time of Windows and to see if Explorer.exe is "glommed" by an unwanted application and kill the process in Task Manager.
Lemlal Guite
When there are updates you might need to refresh your computer just like other stuff like when server updates come you have to rejoin I hope it helps ;)though another thing you need to refresh it because it will run more smooth. Have a nice day!
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoPerformance of the windows should work faster
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What is the short way to refresh the computer icons in the key bored?
You can refresh the computer icons by pressing F5 in the key bored
How do you refresh all your computer?
Re-booting your computer will refresh everything without shutting it down completely.
What is the short way refresh the computer icons?
right click your desktop and click refresh
Where is the refresh key on my Acer 315 computer?
Where is the refresh key on my acer 315 Chromebook?
What doesn't the refresh button do on a computer?
Shut down the computer
Why does your computer not respond after starting it for 2-5 minutes Even if you want to refresh refresh box gets hanged What are the problems and what are its solutions?
your computer have virus
On a computer does refresh mean the same as restore?
Yes, I'm pretty sure that refresh means the same as restore...
What must you do in the PivotTable report to bring it up to date after you change the source of information?
Refresh data
What refers to the process by which the computer rewrites data to RAM?
Refresh
What is the function for refresh button?
It is F5 on the top of your computer keyboard.
What part of the computer uses the refresh rate to measure performance?
Both the monitor and the video card's performance are tested by the refresh rate.
Why does every time i refresh your computer you have to refresh it again after 4 days because of windows update going in a infinite loop?
No reason.
