pomak Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Hi, I have been using CC for sometime and despite adding 'c:windows/prefetch' as a custom folder to clean (& making sure its ticked in the advance tab) CC refuses to clear out the folder ? Its even checked under advanced as 'old prefetch data' ! I run XP Pro SP2 - any ideas? Mick UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk4mat Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Deleted by Disk4mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 'c:windows/prefetch' is an incorrect path. As Disk4mat said, you need to use backslashes C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch rather than a slash / Check the dates of the .pf files. Selecting Advanced > Old Prefetch data only clears entries older than 14 days (typically obsolete or unused applications). Prefetch repopulates and, at best, cleaning it is pointless ... it self-cleans. Cleaning old entries is probably harmless but cleaning actively used entries actually hurts performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomak Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 Thanks guys! My Prefetch seems to grow too gargantuan proportions? I heard cleaning it improved performance but in truth i've noticed no difference either way !! CC creates the path by browsing to it under 'include' - so not sure why its showing the wrong slants \\ ? (BTW that was me copying it down wrong!) I will try inserting the shortcut myself though. Have a good day, Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 My Prefetch seems to grow too gargantuan proportions? If Win XP is working properly, it should accumulate 128 .pf files plus Layout.ini. When it exceeds 128, on the next reboot it should clear all but the most recent 64. I've heard there may be a folder size limit as well but mine appears to self-clean based on the number of .pf files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 My Prefetch seems to grow too gargantuan proportions? That shouldn't be possible, as Glenn said it is regulated by Windows and can't grow any bigger. And cleaning it won't improve performance (the exact opposite if anything) it will just gain you an extra 5-6 Mb disk space. Try Googling 'XP prefetch myth' or similar for plenty of reading on the subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disk4mat Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 I have noticed a performance difference under vista. I clean all PF files relating to temp files, installers and such using the following: Deleted by Disk4mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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