Files not visible on Windows Share due to Client Side Caching

I was working on a machine that was unable to see a number of files within a completely standard Windows Server Share. The machine was running Windows 7 64-Bit. Other clients were able to see the files and the same user logged into a different machine worked fine.

I checked the permissions and a number of other things, but nothing seemed to make the missing files appear.

Eventually I figured out that the problem was caused by SMB client side caching as explained here at Microsoft. Once I disabled SMB Client side caching the missing files appeared.

How to disable SMB2 Client Side Caching

1. Open registry editor (Windows Key +R, Type in regedit and click OK).
2. In Registry Editor navigate to and select:
   HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters
3. From the Edit menu, click new, then DWORD (32-bit) Value
4. Name the new DWORD DirectoryCacheLifetime
5. Leave the default value of zero unchanged.
6. Reboot the machine.

If you prefer, simply download this DisableSMB2ClientCache.Reg file and apply it to your machine.