Microsoft explains why deleting Prefetch can slow down Windows 11, as it’s “designed to speed up” app launches

Deleting the Windows Prefetch folder doesn’t make your PC faster, and it can make apps open slower. In 2005, Microsoft developer Ryan Myers explained that Windows XP used Prefetch files to load apps faster, so clearing them forced Windows to rebuild that data and temporarily slowed things down. Two decades later, Windows 11 still has a Prefetch... Weiterlesen: Microsoft explains why deleting Prefetch can slow down Windows 11, as…