Re: Is it okay to delete windows preftch files

ricardo wrote:
I am having issues with my pc and I was wondering if it is okay to delete the windows prefetch files. Any comments appreciated. 

Hi Ricardo,

I would personally recommend against this. You could make an argument that this is a good space-saver when you are getting very, very low, but Ed Bott makes a good case as to why you should leave these files as you are if you are doing this for performance reasons:

http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000024.html

Hope that helps.

Sincerely,
Benjamin Johnstone-Anderson
Microsoft MVP, Windows Security
Security Manifest - http://www.msmvps.com/trafton/
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