Lost the Prefetch folder

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• OK to delete a .tmp file in the Prefetch folder?

  A .tmp file recently entered my files in the folder Prefetch of the Windows folder on my C drive.  Whenever I turn on my computer now dialog box says Windows needs a program to open this file. I don't trust the file, andC wonder if I can safely remove.

  Hello

  What is the full file name?

  Method 1:
  You can check the link for more information
  What is the prefetch folder?
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/what-is-the-prefetch-folder
  Method 2:
  I suggest to see the link and see http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Delete-files-using-Disk-Cleanup

• Deleting files in the prefetch folder

  I'm having a minor problem with my antivirus that says it was deleted 3 cookies but if I run the scan again, it always comes with the same 3 cookes and then solved said.  A Norton tech support person deleted temporary files and wants to delete everything in the windows prefetch folder. I did not allow that to happen unless I get confirmation of this forum that I do not have anything at risk by doing this? Thank you.

  Carl

  The game, August 5, 2010 14:43:19 + 0000, carl43m wrote:

  I'm having a minor problem with my antivirus that says it was deleted 3 cookies but if I run the scan again, it always comes with the same 3 cookes and then solved said.  A Norton tech support person deleted temporary files and wants to delete everything in the windows prefetch folder. I did not allow that to happen unless I get confirmation of this forum that I do not have anything at risk by doing this? Thank you.

  Two points:

  1. you can simply be to cookies again by going to a
  particular web site.

  2. using Norton anti-virus? In my opinion and that of many of
  others of us here, it's the worst available security software. I have
  strongly recommend that you replace it with something better.

  For an anti-virus program, I recommend eSet NOD32, if you're ready
  to pay for it. If you want a free anti-virus, I recommend one of the
  three of the following:
   
  Avira
  Avast
  Microsoft Security Essentials
   
  You also need anti-spyware software. I recommend that you download and
  (both freeware) to install MalwareBytes AntiMalware and
  SuperAntiSpyware.

  Ken Blake

• I uninstalled the "Prefetch" on my Vista desktop folder - how & where do I go to get & install this file?

  original title: reinstall the Prefetch folder

  Apparently I uninstalled the "Prefetch file" on my Vista desktop (recommended when running of TuneUp Utilities 2011).

  How & where should I go to get & install this file?

  Thank you.

  Hi DennisCockley

   

  I suggest you to restart the computer 1 or 2 times. The prefetch folder will get re-created after you restart. You can check if the folder reappears after restart. See the help link - below

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-is-the-prefetch-folder

   

  I hope this helps.

• Retrieve the prefetch utility

  When I type 'prefetch' in the command run, I got a box telling me that he could not be found.

  How can I recover this utility?

  Usually, prefetch refers to an operation of XP or maybe you are looking for the prefetch folder.  It is not a utility.

  If the prefetch folder does not open, your PATH statement is false, but you can always get to it by clicking on start, run and in the type box:

  %Windir%\prefetch

  Click OK and the file content

  If you think that playing around with the XP feature somehow prefetch will improve the performance of your system (some people believe that), you're wrong.  If you have time, you can do your own experiments, tests and analysis of timing to see how all this works, but this has already been done, documented and understood.  Yet, this is a good exercise.

  If you read something in an article that is recommended to delete the prefetch folder, post the URL of the link / so I can read it.

  If you encounter a performance problem, I would look elsewhere.

  Here's a discussion on how works the XP Prefetch function.  It nothing to try, can't be, without, perhaps, could not be.

  Mark Russinovitch and David Solomon (Process Explorer and Autoruns guy), for example, wrote an excellent article titled create improvements in the core Windows XP a more robust, powerful and scalable OS in MSDN Magazine. Their technical credentials are impeccable, and they speak very highly of the effectiveness of this feature and describe how it works - and why you should leave it alone.

  No matter how you think it works or how to manipulate the folder can or can help your system.  It is not important how someone think it works. What is important is how it really works.  Read the article and you will know how it works and why you should leave it alone.

  http://msdn.Microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc302206.aspx

  Read the article and the article on prefetch yourself and experiment.  Forget what you've heard, what you might think, some what reliable source told you or what is some humble opinion.  Those who are not the facts that can be measured and probably not in any scientific method.  If you want to know how to play with the prefetch function affects the performance of your system, make your own temporal measures.

  Test things yourself and you will know for sure.

  I used to turn off Task Scheduler Service in XP since I had no set up scheduled tasks, but this service is important for the proper functioning and maintenance of the read-ahead feature because it retains the file updated (every three days or if she needs).

  Timing of power upwards, starting with the first beep (POSTAL code):

  With a comprehensive directory of Prefetch:
  ... 0:40 at the login screen
  ... 0:58 on desktop

  After emptying the Prefetch directory:
  ... 0:42 to the login screen
  ... 01:27 on the desktop

  It is a reproducible experience with reliable results.  No guessing, no maybes and certainly not to humble opinion.

  There is only one good way to determine the performance of your XP or solve performance problems.  Measure it.

  You can measure it with tools to measure boot time at XP and see the results of your DIY yourself.  I am convinced that it is better to let the prefetch folder only.

  Other articles on XP read-ahead operations:

  http://TechRepublic.com.com/5208-11183-0.html?forumid=5&ThreadId=178204&start=0

  http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2005/06/one-more-time-do-not-clean-out-your-prefetch-folder/

  http://msdn.Microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc302206.aspx

  Do you really think that the suggestions that begin with the words try , maybe , or perhaps will be useful?

  I need YOUR voice and the points for helpful answers and propose responses. I'm saving for a pony!

• I want to reset the Prefetch function on its values.

  I use Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 32 bit and I want to reset the Prefetch function on its values.

  is there a way to reset/restore it? Windows will recreate it?

  If you delete the Prefetch folder or all files into it, WIndows will recreate.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-is-the-prefetch-folder

• prefetch folder deleted files

  Apparently, somehow I deleted the files in the prefetch folder. I have vista home pro. A way to restore or is it as critical, as they say.

  Hello

  The prefetch folder is a subfolder of the Windows system folder. The prefetch folder is independent now, and there is no need to remove or to empty its contents.

  The prefetch folder will be created automatically at the next reboot, but Windows will take a little longer to start completely for the first instance only.

  See article:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-is-the-prefetch-folder

• I lost my archive folder in the mail...

  Hello

  Does anyone have any idea why I would have lost my Archives folder in the mail?  I had one and can't understand why he disappeared.  The folder is still on my webmail ISP page.

  Also I seem to be unable to find the mail folder.

  Help, please.

  Robert

  I discovered that I had excluded the folder Mail of Spotlight.  By excluding, I wanted her out of the Spotlight, not the results of Mail classification.

  I do not understand that all research... Mail, Safari, contacts, etc ... are the result of global search for Spotlight arctivity?

• Why are there not file prefetch for Thunderbird in the \Windows\Prefetch folder?

  Why are there not file prefetch for Thunderbird in the Windows XP SP3 \Windows\Prefetch folder? I use Thunderbird 38.3.0.

  I deleted all the files in the \Windows\Prefetch folder and noticed that no files have been created it there for new programs began. I restarted the Task Scheduler service and the problem was solved.

• I've lost the ability to view my deleted messages. When I go to the box delete there's nothing here even if I have 500 messages in the file to remove. What is the problem with this folder

  I've lost the ability to view my deleted messages in the folder.  When I select the deleted messages has nothing to do with the record, even though I have 500 messages in the folder.

  Go to view | Current view | Show all messages.  See if they appear then.

  If this is not the case, what email program are you using?

  Steve

• lost the ability to create a "new folder".

  After I closed the Sunday evening I had the "not - or disconnect - 2 updates. Monday, I discovered that I had lost the ability to create a "new folder"!  By clicking on the "new folder" button does nothing.  Do a right click in the box brings up a drop down window that does not list "new folder" in "new...". "No one knows what happened or how to make the"new folder"button to work again?  Thanks for any help.  Abbi

  Hello

  Thanks for the post.

  It seems that you are facing problem with performances of the computer after the installation of Windows updates. We need a few details to help the issue, please answer the following.

  What version of Windows operating system do you use?

  Check out the following link and check the status of the issue.

  You can check the link following, if you use the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

  New command missing in Windows Explorer.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/180257

  Important:  This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ )

  How to back up and restore the registry in Windows.

  I hope this helps.

• I am trying to enter in the appdata folder to retrieve a trial that I lost and someone suggested looking here

  Original title: appdata folder

  I am trying to enter in the appdata folder to retrieve a trial that I lost and someone suggested looking here. How to do this.

  One way:

  Start-> Run-> Explorer %APPDATA%\protector.exe

  Where you type '%AppData% explorer' in the box before hitting 'OK '.  (Omit the quotes)

  HTH,
  JW

• I run Windows 7 and all of a sudden, I lost the ability to make a new folder.

  I run Windows 7 and all of a sudden, I lost the ability to make a new folder. That's happened? I'm pretty sure that the problem is in the registry and probably happened when I uninstalled a program. How can I fix it?

  You have installed chrome? It's looking like a recent update of chromium may be the cause. Here are two patches.

  How to remove and restore the default context Menu items 'New' in Windows 7 and Windows 8
  http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/28677-new-context-menu-remove-restore-default-menu-items.html

  If still no joy, see the 'response' by Linda Yan in this thread.
  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itprogeneral/thread/97de8a2a-12f2-4381-A409-a78f4ae551cf/#99395761-56de-4a76-8C2A-eab498ad735a

  Tip: When you save the text in Notepad, the default file format is .txt. Replace all files.

• I lost create new folder capability, windows in Windows 7 Explorer now only allows to create "new briefcases" folder instead. How to return to the good old file folder create capabilities?

  I lost create new folder capability, windows Explorer.  Windows 7 now only allows to create "new briefcases" folder instead.  I'm not sure any upgrade of MS that caused this change. I would like the pros and cons of the 'Briefcase' records and also

  How to restore or use for good old file folder create capabilities?

  See if this thread will help.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-files/unable-to-create-a-new-folder-in-Windows-7/3c5951c8-e3b0-4E5B-99A5-744f842fe558

• I lost my games folder in the all programs folder in the start menu, how can I replace it (Win 7 Pro)

  If I remember correctly, I was playing solitaire spider on this computer about 1 year ago, but now I can't find the Games folder in the start menu. In the past, the record of the games was still installed automactically when I installed the operating system. Can it be restored or installed from a stand alone facility?

  Thank you

  Frank

  When you go to start, type spider and see if it lists the game.  Otherwise, type appwiz.cpl and press ENTER.  Then click Add windows components, and then check out the games.  Sometimes, on Windows 7 Pro, they are disabled.