Windows Explorer icons in TortoiseSVN take a long time to refresh to correct state

Question

After I commit files, the icons stay on either modified or waiting for commit for a long time. Is there any way to force a refresh to ensure that the icon that I am seeing

Answer 1

So... of all these answers/tricks/solutions, honestly all you have to do is switch to another pre-existing branch using the dropdown - right click > Git Branch, then switch back to the branch you were working on in order to see the status icons updated. Voila!