Doing a right-click on any empty space on desktop and hitting 'Refresh' (on any Windows OS) does not make your system faster or more responsive in any way. It does not refresh the cache or reload the RAM.
Every single person I have met does this or at least used to do it. Most new users learn this from other users without attempting to find out what it achieves.
Some people assumes that it refreshes the RAM, while some others believe that doing it will somehow keep their PCs running smooth and easy. I have seen users obsessed with refreshing the desktop, doing it every 30 seconds or so. They would press the F5 key (shortcut key for refresh) and hold it down for a long time, sending the desktop into a frenzy of refreshes.
What does a desktop refresh actually do? Refreshing the desktop simply redraws the icons on the desktop. So, if any new files that were created on the desktop were not being shown for instance, it would make them show. Or if you re-ordered the icons through 'view by' or 'sort by' and still the arrangement doesn't show up for a while, hitting 'Refresh' on desktop would fetch the updated desired result. That's it! It doesn't refresh the RAM. It doesn't clean your PC. Refreshing the desktop has absolutely no effect on the performance of the computer.
So, if you are in the habit of refreshing the desktop, stop it. You are just wasting your time and effort. And the next time you see a person doing it, don't forget to explain to him this.
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