How can I turn off Autorefresh (by Registry)

[luke]

Hi,

I am getting crazy of jumping around in the file list with the autorefresh system while scrolling.

Also with renaming many files the files get totally wrong names with autorefresh on.

Is there a way to add the new files at the bottom of the list just as windows explorer does?

I read something about this in the regestry.txt file but I don't understand how to do this.
from registry.txt:

binMiscOptions -> miscellaneous options [default = 0]
GIOPT_ALTAREFRESH  4 /* backup autorefresh mechanizm */
GIOPT_NOPOSHREFRESH 4096 /* turn off the "modern" refresh system; should be used with GIOPT_ALTAREFRESH */

can anybody say what the first item does, why they are to be used together en how I must change the values. I can't find them in my register.

Thanks, Luke

[fgagnon]

You can turn off the auto-resort by UN-checking
[ ]Automatically re-sort contents after moving/copying etc.
on the Tools | Options... | Window tab.
so new items will go to the bottom of the list
(of course, you must have auto-refresh ON to see the new content at all)

While you are actively working with moving/copying/renaming files,
you can easily toggle autorefresh OFF/ON via
View | Hold autorefresh (Crtl+Alt+R)
{applies to each folderpane individually}

No registry tweaks needed for any of the above.

And if you REALLY want to turn off auto-refresh completely,
there is a registry setting to do so for each folderpane individually.
See CLVOPT_DISABLEAUTOREFRESH in registry.txt for the details.

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as far as  

GIOPT_ALTAREFRESH  4 /* backup autorefresh mechanizm */
GIOPT_NOPOSHREFRESH 4096 /* turn off the "modern" refresh system; should be used with GIOPT_ALTAREFRESH */

Those switches were  used early in alpha development & I'm not sure they do anything useful anymore.  (Nikos would know.)

[nikos]

i wouldn't recommend turning off autorefresh permanently
either turn off the auto-resort option as fred recommended or use View | Hold autorefresh to temporarily turn autorefresh off in a pane that gives you trouble -- this is mainly intended for slow and ever changing folders

however with autorefresh off you wouldn't be seeing the results of any changes -- including renames -- untill you forced a refresh with ctrl+R