where does one find this folder please? my system is very slow to boot up,
might be because this folder has overgrown, would like to look at it.
Thanks,
Marie
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From: "Ibby Karbhari" <ibbyk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:42 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: prefetch
Hi Barry,
The Prefetch folder is used by Windows XP to speed the boot process. Windows
XP records information about each program that launches at boot and uses
that information to boot faster
the next time. Because multiple files might have the same name, it appends a
"hash" of the file's location. That's the odd string of numbers and letters
between the filename and the .pf extension.
This folder may accumulate useless junk, especially if you change your configuration a lot. There's no harm in emptying it. Simply delete all the files in that folder; Windows will rebuild it as needed.
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Barry
Sent: 09 March 2006 16:51
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] prefetch
Hi all
Can anyone tell me what the folder 'prefetch' is and if these instructions are safe to do:
To speed up shut down, you may want to clear out c:\windows\prefetch\*.*
Just to make sure, by clear out, does it mean that I delete all the files in
this folder?
Thanks
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