Refreshing the Work Item List
When a work item list is initially displayed, it is a snap shot of the work items at that point in time. You can refresh the list to get the most recent list of work items from the server.
Select Refresh Work Items from the View menu, or click the 
button on the work item list.
If you have defined filter and/or sort criteria for the work item list, they will be applied on the refreshed list of work items.
If you have a work item selected in the work item list when you refresh the list, that same work item will be selected after the list is refreshed — assuming that that work item is still in the list (it could have been allocated to another user since the last time your list was refreshed, in which case, it will no longer appear in your list). If the work item you had selected is no longer in the list, the work item in that physical location in the list will be selected after the list is refreshed (e.g., if you have the third work item on page 3 selected, but that particular work item is no longer in the list, the third work item on the page 3 will still be selected after you refresh the list — it will just be a different work item).