About the C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch folder

[xamenus]

Do you guys know what this folder is for? It has files that are related to the programs I run. I'm wondering if those files can be deleted safely (especially for the programs I don't use anymore).

 

[Malcolm]

A quick google search later:
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootlist/138.htm#3
http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/troub-07.html
http://www.compukiss.com/ckmessageboard/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=515

So, basically, Windows stores some cache stuff here for faster excution. It seems to eat up alot of space and people are recomending to either delete the content every month or to disable the feature.

There ya have it

 

[gokuss4]

It can also be useful. I have only 4mb worth of prefetch cache on my comp. Anyways what I mean by it being useful is it can reduce the boot time on your comp. Here's how.

Click on start --> run. Type in regedit. In regedit go into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters

In there you should see something called "EnablePrefetcher". right-click on that and click on Modify. Change the value data to 5. Use at your own risk . It shouldn't do anything bad to your system though. It helped my boot time a bit .

 

[xamenus]

Thanks a lot, guys! Now I'll just set that bad boy to zero...