Cleaning the Prefetch Directory

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Cleaning the Prefetch Directory

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WindowsXP has a new feature called Prefetch. This keeps a shortcut to recently used programs.
However it can fill up with old and obsolete programs.

To clean this periodically go to:
Start / Run / Prefetch
Press Ctrl-A to highlight all the shorcuts
Delete them

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