Consider the following scenario:

• You create a shortcut for a network share in a Windows operating system that is earlier than Windows Vista, such as Windows XP.
• You upgrade the operating system to Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.
• You open the shortcut in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, and then you create a new file or folder in the network share to which the shortcut points.

In this scenario, the newly created file or folder does not appear until you update the screen.

On a Windows Vista-based computer, when you run an application that uses the Refresh method of the IWbemRefresher interface, the application may result in a memory leak.

After the application runs for several days, the computer may become unresponsive. In this case, you have to restart the computer.

Additionally, if you use system performance monitor tool (perfmon.exe) to monitor the Private Bytes counter of the application, you may notice that the private bytes increase quickly.