Enable the Fast Refresh for windows.
Usually, if you modify the content of a window, you can wait for a while or you can press F5 to see the refreshed information. This setting enables you to set up faster automatic refresh.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
Usually, if you modify the content of a window, you can wait for a while or you can press f5 to see the refreshed information. This setting enables you to set up faster automatic refresh. If you enable this setting, windows explorer and the desktop will be updated more quickly. For this go to "start->run" and enter "regedit" and search the keys listed below. You can create one binary value "updatemode", if this value is not existing. Now you can set this value to enable the fast update. After a restart the changes take effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
Usually, if you modify the content of a window, you can wait for a while or you can press f5 to see the refreshed information. This setting enables you to set up faster automatic refresh. If you enable this setting, windows explorer and the desktop will be updated more quickly. For this go to "start->run" and enter "regedit" and search the keys listed below. You can create one binary value "updatemode", if this value is not existing. Now you can set this value to enable the fast update. After a restart the changes take effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'.

Next, go to <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Update\] </b> and righjt click on the DWORD value 'UpdateMode' to select 'Modify'.

Finally set the value data as '1' to enable the Fast Refresh for windows and click 'OK'.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Update\]
- Location: Local Machine
- Value Name: UpdateMode
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 0
- Disabled Value: 1
- Action Type: Modified
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