I need help!

[Dan]

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This has to do with the prefetch. My PC was really slow at startup so I tried
to move all the files in the prefetch to the recycle bin, and wanted to see
if it will be faster. After, it was actually slower. I move it all back in
the prefetch folder, but this just happened. The layout configuration text
file was accessable before, but now all it says when I open it is "Access is
denied". I tried System Restore but it was no good. I can't move, delete, or
even copy Layout, not even in Safe Mode. Is this bad? How can I open it again?

 

[Guest]

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A noticeable lag at Startup wouldn't be helped by purging the
Prefetch folder contents. Those type of issues are likely due to
Startup & Watchdog apps/services that are running or Malware.

At this point, you should just delete the entire content of the
Prefetch folder and use your computer normally for a few days.
Once the .Pf modules are created and you've rebooted several
times XP will re-create the Layout.Ini and do a partial defrag to
apply the Layout data to your system disk.

Prefetching is a self-monitoring facility of XP. It doesn't require
any manual or user assistance.

If you don't want to wait days for automatic re-creation, you can
boot 4-5 times, run your most common applications and then
invoke the following from the Run box.
rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks

"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B0EB5D4D-9C94-425B-B9BF-06D4B4E81377@microsoft.com...
> This has to do with the prefetch. My PC was really slow at startup so I
> tried
> to move all the files in the prefetch to the recycle bin, and wanted to
> see
> if it will be faster. After, it was actually slower. I move it all back in
> the prefetch folder, but this just happened. The layout configuration text
> file was accessable before, but now all it says when I open it is "Access
> is
> denied". I tried System Restore but it was no good. I can't move, delete,
> or
> even copy Layout, not even in Safe Mode. Is this bad? How can I open it
> again?

 

[Dan]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

I can't Delete the content of Prefetch? It says it is being in use. How can I
delete them?

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> A noticeable lag at Startup wouldn't be helped by purging the
> Prefetch folder contents. Those type of issues are likely due to
> Startup & Watchdog apps/services that are running or Malware.
>
> At this point, you should just delete the entire content of the
> Prefetch folder and use your computer normally for a few days.
> Once the .Pf modules are created and you've rebooted several
> times XP will re-create the Layout.Ini and do a partial defrag to
> apply the Layout data to your system disk.
>
> Prefetching is a self-monitoring facility of XP. It doesn't require
> any manual or user assistance.
>
> If you don't want to wait days for automatic re-creation, you can
> boot 4-5 times, run your most common applications and then
> invoke the following from the Run box.
> rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
>
> "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B0EB5D4D-9C94-425B-B9BF-06D4B4E81377@microsoft.com...
> > This has to do with the prefetch. My PC was really slow at startup so I
> > tried
> > to move all the files in the prefetch to the recycle bin, and wanted to
> > see
> > if it will be faster. After, it was actually slower. I move it all back in
> > the prefetch folder, but this just happened. The layout configuration text
> > file was accessable before, but now all it says when I open it is "Access
> > is
> > denied". I tried System Restore but it was no good. I can't move, delete,
> > or
> > even copy Layout, not even in Safe Mode. Is this bad? How can I open it
> > again?
>
>
>

 

[Dan]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Nevermind, I just had to delete the whole folder.