Configure notification events received from mapped network shares

When mapping a network share as a network drive, then Windows Explorer tells the remote server, that it should be notified by any changes made on the network share. If a file changes on the network share, then each Workstation registered as having that shared mapped as a network drive will get a SMB notification about the change. If many users are updating files on the network share, then it will cause a lot of traffic (bad for slow connections like VPN or dialup) and can make the tree-view in the File Explorer flicker.

To configure whether Windows Explorer should register for events happening on the mapped network share:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Policies \Explorer]
NoRemoteChangeNotify = 1

More Info MS KB812669

Windows XP and Windows 2003 extends the event registering from just being the root-folder, to actually be all underlying sub-folders and their files (Even more traffic). To change this back to only register for events happening in the root of the mapped network share:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \SOFTWARE \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Policies \Explorer]
NoRemoteRecursiveEvents = 1

More Info MS KB330929
More Info MS KB816375
More Info MS KB885189

Note if using software which relies on being notified of file changes and its files are placed on a mapped network share, then this change in policy might give unpredictable results.

Note only WinXP SP2+ reacts to the registry entries above, or if having applied the Critical Update - MS KB810565.

More Info MS KB831129