Ubuntu – folder content doesn’t get refreshed automatically in ubuntu 14.04

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I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and when I'm doing experiments which creates new files inside a particular folder X. But I can't see these new files inside X without refreshing X.

I have increased the count to 1M in

/proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches

but still the issue is not fixed.

How to fix it?

EDIT
As suggested, output of cat /etc/xdg/autostart/user-dirs-update-gtk.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update
Name=User folders update
Comment=Update common folders names to match current locale
Terminal=false
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;LXDE;Unity;
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
X-KDE-autostart-after=panel
NoDisplay=true
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=xdg-user-dirs-gtk

Best Answer

The changes are not permanent, therefore

Edit the file /etc/sysctl.conf
```
sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf
```
Add the line below, eg
```
fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1000000
```
Reload the changes
```
sudo sysctl -p
```
You should see something like this
```
fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 1000000
```
and with cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches
```
1000000
```

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