Prefetch Flushing Utility

[Henry LaMuth]

One of the suggestions for speeding up opening windows applications
was to periodically flush the prefetch subdirectory...this was a PCMag
or PCWorld suggestion. Some where along the way, I found a nifty
little utility for doing this automatically. I had to rebuild my
system and lost this applet. I can't find it listed on these magazine
sites. Anyone know about it and where to find it?

Henry LaMuth

 

[KWoz]

One of the suggestions for speeding up opening windows applications

was to periodically flush the prefetch subdirectory...this was a PCMag
or PCWorld suggestion. Some where along the way, I found a nifty
little utility for doing this automatically. I had to rebuild my
system and lost this applet. I can't find it listed on these magazine
sites. Anyone know about it and where to find it?

Henry LaMuth

Henry,

I have a utility called "Prefetch-Clean-And-Control.exe". I don't know where
I downloaded it from, there's no company or website on it, but you can do a
search for it.

Also, I have a batch file that has the command"del c:\windows\prefetch\*.*
/q" in it. You can try that too and stick it in your Start Up folder.

Ken

 

[ThePainter]

I just have a list of shortcuts in my start menu for all
my folders that need cleaning out periodically such as
prefetch,temp,temp internet,cookies and history ,I also
have disc clean and defrag on the same list it only takes
a couple of minutes once a week to clean it all out.

-----Original Message-----
One of the suggestions for speeding up opening windows applications
was to periodically flush the prefetch

subdirectory...this was a PCMag

 

[JAX]

Try typing "prefetch" in the run box and deleting all entries.

HTH JAX

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Henry;
If you clean out the Prefetch folder too often, you will defeat it's
purpose. Once a month seems to be the agreed upon time frame. My way is to
just delete the worthless *.pf's. Like Document8989.doc.PF, for example.

 

[Henry LaMuth]

Henry,

I have a utility called "Prefetch-Clean-And-Control.exe". I don't know where
I downloaded it from, there's no company or website on it, but you can do a
search for it.

Also, I have a batch file that has the command"del c:\windows\prefetch\*.*
/q" in it. You can try that too and stick it in your Start Up folder.

Ken

That's the one. A search turned it up and the site said it came from
the MS site somewhere!!!! The rest of the ideas are good too. I have
gotten away from putting small batch files together to do the old DOS
processes we were so use to. Have to look into that more.

Thanks for all the answers...they were all correct!!!!

Henry

 

[Brian]

Windows XP Prefetch Clean And Control

http://www.jester2k.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jester2ksoftware.h
tm

-----Original Message-----
One of the suggestions for speeding up opening windows applications
was to periodically flush the prefetch

subdirectory...this was a PCMag