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

Deleting C:\Windows\Prefetch was a classic Windows XP speed-up trick, but Microsoft's Ryan Myers said it only dented performance while Windows rebuilt the files. Windows 11 still keeps up to 1,024 of them, so I timed Word, Photoshop and Notepad before and after clearing the folder. The post Microsoft explains why dele…