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since windows does not remove items that are no longer valid, the only way to remove them is to clean the prefetch folder occasionally.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





"KRK" <> wrote in message news:...
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 b
cleaning the prefetch folder since it will need to relearn everythin
again. You can read more about it at this Microsoft link below, but th
prefetch folder is self maintaining and there is no need to do so unles
it unlikely has become corrupted

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

Hope this helps
Shaw

KRK;1004325 Wrote:
> Hello
>
> Is there any benefit in occasionally cleaning out the prefetch folder
>
> There is conflicting advice on Googl
>
> Thank
>
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