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Repeat the Refresh button repeatedly and what's going on? 🍋

It is believed that many people, especially those who grew up with Windows XP, have a similar moment: right-click on the desktop and press Refresh repeatedly because they believe that it helps to slip up when no one can clearly tell if it really helps or just feels.

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The question is, what does pressing Refresh on the Windows desktop really do to our machine, and does pressing it repeatedly have any effect?

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In fact, the Refresh button does not help speed up the machine in any way. Its function is to refresh the desktop display, or simply, to reopen the screen, to update the elements on the screen to match the actual file structure on the system, such as if an icon is missing, an unusually displayed icon, or a recently copied or moved file has not appeared on the desktop immediately.

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And if you press Refresh repeatedly, will the machine be faster? The answer is no. Pressing this button does not increase the frame rate, does not clear the ram, and does not make the CPU work better. The belief that pressing it allows the game to slip up is probably just a belief that we created ourselves in childhood and accidentally believed without proof.

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More interestingly, if the desktop is already displayed correctly, repeatedly pressing Refresh adds a slight system burden because Windows requires the resources of the CPU to display the new screen unnecessarily. While it is a very small burden, it does not bring any added benefit.

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However, even if you know the truth, many people can't stop doing this because it has become a habit since childhood.

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Source: neowin

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... Read moreในประสบการณ์ใช้งาน Windows หลายปี ผมเองก็เคยกดปุ่ม Refresh บนเดสก์ท็อปบ่อยครั้งในช่วงที่ระบบดูตอบสนองช้า หรือเวลาที่ไอคอนหายไป หรือมีไฟล์เพิ่งเพิ่งถูกเพิ่มเข้ามาแต่ยังไม่แสดงผลทันที ผมเข้าใจว่า Refresh จะช่วยเคลียร์อะไรบางอย่างในเครื่องให้มันทำงานดีขึ้น แต่พอลองศึกษาและทดสอบเพิ่มเติม ก็พบว่าความเชื่อนี้ไม่เป็นความจริง จริงๆ แล้ว ความสามารถหลักของปุ่ม Refresh คือสั่งให้ Windows รีเฟรชภาพหน้าจอ เพื่อให้อัปเดตข้อมูลที่แสดงให้ตรงกับสถานะไฟล์และโฟลเดอร์ในระบบ เช่น ไอคอนที่แสดงผิดพลาดหรือไฟล์ที่เพิ่งถูกคัดลอกมาใหม่ ยิ่งกดซ้ำ ๆ ก็ไม่ได้ช่วยเพิ่มความเร็วหรือประสิทธิภาพของเครื่องแต่อย่างใด ในทางตรงกันข้าม หากกด Refresh บ่อยเกินไปโดยที่ไม่มีความจำเป็น ระบบจะต้องใช้ทรัพยากรซีพียูและหน่วยความจำมากขึ้นเล็กน้อยเพราะ Windows ต้องวาดหน้าจอใหม่ซ้ำ ๆ เหมือนทำงานซ้ำซ้อน ซึ่งอาจมีผลสะสมทำให้เครื่องทำงานหนักกว่าที่ควร สำหรับผู้ที่ชอบเล่นเกมหรือใช้โปรแกรมหนัก ๆ ความเชื่อที่ว่า Refresh จะช่วยให้เกมลื่นขึ้นหรือทำงานเร็วขึ้น เป็นเพียงความเข้าใจผิดที่ถูกเผยแพร่ต่อกันมาแต่เดิมโดยไม่มีหลักฐานรองรับ สรุปแล้ว การกดปุ่ม Refresh เหมาะกับกรณีเมื่อหน้าจอมีการแสดงผลผิดปกติหรือไฟล์โฟลเดอร์ไม่อัปเดต แต่ถ้ากดซ้ำๆ โดยไม่มีเหตุผล จะเป็นเหมือนการเพิ่มงานให้ระบบโดยใช่เหตุ ดังนั้น การจะกด Refresh ควรใช้เมื่อจำเป็นจริง ๆ เท่านั้น ประสบการณ์นี้ช่วยให้ผมตระหนักว่า บางนิสัยเดิม ๆ ที่ทำโดยไม่ได้รู้เหตุผล อาจไม่จำเป็นหรืออาจส่งผลเสียเล็กน้อยต่อการใช้งานได้ และช่วยให้เราใช้คอมพิวเตอร์ได้อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพมากขึ้นโดยไม่ต้องทำพฤติกรรมที่ไม่ได้มีประโยชน์จริง ๆ ปล. ใครที่ติดนิสัยกด Refresh ซ้ำๆ ก็ไม่ต้องหนักใจไป เพราะเป็นเรื่องปกติที่หลายคนเคยทำเหมือนกัน แต่ถ้าอยากประหยัดทรัพยากรหน่อย ก็ค่อยๆ ลดนิสัยนี้ลงก็ไม่เสียหายครับ

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