In reading the other tweaks for "automatically" deleting the prefetch files (whi ch, by the way, decreases

your startup time drastically) and finding out that th ey were NOT AUTOMATIC at all, I was forced to find a truly automatic way to dele te these files. The other tweaks weren't automatic because you had to run a fil e every time you wanted to do this. Also, running it once won't help because ev ery time you run an app on your computer, it puts more files into the prefetch f older, so we needed something to delete the files when shutting down or restarti ng. Well, here it is:

1. create a new text file in the C:\ directory 2. type "del c:\windows\prefetch\*.* /q" (without he quotes) 3. save the file as "prefetch.bat" 4. From the Start menu, select "Run: 5. Type in "gpedit.msc" 6. In the window that appears, under the "computer configuration" heading, expa nd "windows settings" 7. under "windows settings", select "Scripts (Startup/Shutdown)" 8. double click "shutdown" from the right window 9. click "add" 10. click browse and locate your "prefetch.bat" file 11. click "open" 12. click "OK" 13. click apply or OK to finalize this process. Now you are done. every time you shut down or restart your computer, it will ru n your shutdown script to delete the prefetch files.