What is the Prefetch folder for?



I'm wondering what the prefetch folder in Windows is for. I have a program that came from my DSL provider (Verizon) that runs when the computer boots. The program fails each time. The tech support in-duh-vidual (to borrow from Dilbert) was no help at all. I removed the Verizon component from Startup but this thing still runs. I'm wondering if the Prefech entry can be removed to stop this. It's only a program to get updates for Verizon. It never works anyway, so I don't need it to run but I can't figure out how to stop it running when the computer starts up. My DSL is fine. It clearly doesn't need this program to run. Thanks.

Ken
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