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Safe to delete .pf (Windows prefetch) files?

by tazio May 31, 2005 11:24AM PDT

Running Windows XP SP1. I removed a program using Add/Remove Programs. However, I found that three file remnants of that program still remain in the Windows Prefetch section of Windows Explorer. These are ...exe.pf files. Is it safe to just delete these files?
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Prefetch files

by Papa Echo May 31, 2005 11:50AM PDT

Read HERE (scroll down)and other Googled results and decide for youself. I supposed if the .pf files are program specific, it is safe to delete them if you have removed that program. Wait for other ideas.