Windows Prefetch Folder is Missing Denise 5/10/2007 12:34:00 PM Hi, I had a problem earlier with my computer and I resolved it by repairing Windows. I just looked for the Prefetch folder in Windows and it's not there. My Windows folder is filling up with files such as setupact, temp.000, Twunk_32.dll, NLSDownlevelMapping, wmsetup, winhlp32, UNNeroBurnRights.cfg and KB893756. I don't know if these types of files should have gone into the Prefetch folder but I never had a build-up of files such as these before I repaired Windows. Can someone tell me what's going on . . . why I don't have a Prefetch folder and why these odd files are now congregating in my Windows folder? -- Denise ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

Re: Windows Prefetch Folder is Missing Theo <theo[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> 5/10/2007 1:35:21 PM The files in your Windows folder are normal. I have lots of them. They're put there by Windows update and during installation of various programs. I don't have any idea what happened to your Prefetch folder. Windows should have made the Prefetch folder during the initial installation. The following information at: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=331072 was found by Googling for "missing prefetch folder". Denise wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I had a problem earlier with my computer and I resolved it by repairing > Windows. I just looked for the Prefetch folder in Windows and it's not > there. My Windows folder is filling up with files such as setupact, > temp.000, Twunk_32.dll, NLSDownlevelMapping, wmsetup, winhlp32, > UNNeroBurnRights.cfg and KB893756. I don't know if these types of files > should have gone into the Prefetch folder but I never had a build-up of files > such as these before I repaired Windows. > > Can someone tell me what's going on . . . why I don't have a Prefetch > folder and why these odd files are now congregating in my Windows folder?

Re: Windows Prefetch Folder is Missing Denise 5/10/2007 2:08:02 PM Hi Theo, Thanks for responding. I followed the directions given in the link to create a new Prefetch folder but I got an error message when I tried to start Task Scheduler and it wouldn't start. I've been getting a number of error messages for simple things so I think the Windows repair didn't do the trick. I also repaired permissions but that didn't help either. I'm going to reformat the drive and start from scratch. I've done it before and I know it's a lot of work and very time consuming to install all my programs again but it beats getting error messages every time I want to do something and creating fixes to resolve the problems. -- Denise ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going. "Theo" wrote: [Quoted Text] > The files in your Windows folder are normal. I have lots of > them. They're put there by Windows update and during > installation of various programs. > > I don't have any idea what happened to your Prefetch folder. > Windows should have made the Prefetch folder during the > initial installation. The following information at: > http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=331072 was > found by Googling for "missing prefetch folder". > > > Denise wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I had a problem earlier with my computer and I resolved it by repairing > > Windows. I just looked for the Prefetch folder in Windows and it's not > > there. My Windows folder is filling up with files such as setupact, > > temp.000, Twunk_32.dll, NLSDownlevelMapping, wmsetup, winhlp32, > > UNNeroBurnRights.cfg and KB893756. I don't know if these types of files > > should have gone into the Prefetch folder but I never had a build-up of files > > such as these before I repaired Windows. > > > > Can someone tell me what's going on . . . why I don't have a Prefetch > > folder and why these odd files are now congregating in my Windows folder? >