prefetch

Hello,

Is there any benefit in occasionally cleaning out the prefetch folder ?

There is conflicting advice on Google

Thanks

K

since windows does not remove items that are no longer valid, the only way to remove them is to clean the prefetch folder occasionally.

prevents the system from chasing its tail looking for the invalid items.





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Hello,

Is there any benefit in occasionally cleaning out the prefetch folder ?

There is conflicting advice on Google

Thanks

K

Hello KRK,

Actually it can temporarily decrease your computers performance by
cleaning the prefetch folder since it will need to relearn everything
again. You can read more about it at this Microsoft link below, but the
prefetch folder is self maintaining and there is no need to do so unless
it unlikely has become corrupted.

'What is the prefetch folder? - Windows Vista Help'
(http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...c42621033.mspx)

Hope this helps,
Shawn


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