diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/FileBrowser/FileBrowserApp/useFileBrowserApp.ts b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/FileBrowser/FileBrowserApp/useFileBrowserApp.ts
index 71b5f192..2b0360ab 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/FileBrowser/FileBrowserApp/useFileBrowserApp.ts
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/FileBrowser/FileBrowserApp/useFileBrowserApp.ts
@@ -342,15 +342,31 @@ export const useFileBrowserApp = (
     `visibilitychange` as well as `focus`, because a background tab brought forward by switching tabs
     fires only the second one in some browsers.
   */
+  /*
+    ...and the FOLDER as well as the clipboard.
+
+    Cutting in one window and pasting in another moves the file on disk, and the window it left went on
+    listing it until somebody pressed refresh. The clipboard was the obvious half of "these two windows
+    disagree"; the listing is the half that matters more, because a file that is not there any more is
+    a lie rather than a stale label.
+
+    Held in a ref because `refreshRef.current` is rebuilt on every render — putting it in the
+    dependency array would tear down and re-add both listeners several times a second.
+  */
+  const refreshRef = useRef(refresh);
+  refreshRef.current = refresh;
+
   useEffect(() => {
-    const refresh = () => {
-      if (document.visibilityState === 'visible') void queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['USER_STATE'] });
+    const onForeground = () => {
+      if (document.visibilityState !== 'visible') return;
+      void queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['USER_STATE'] });
+      void refreshRef.current();
     };
-    window.addEventListener('focus', refresh);
-    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', refresh);
+    window.addEventListener('focus', onForeground);
+    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', onForeground);
     return () => {
-      window.removeEventListener('focus', refresh);
-      document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', refresh);
+      window.removeEventListener('focus', onForeground);
+      document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', onForeground);
     };
   }, [queryClient]);