awpd Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 My defragment (O&O Defrag) program uses Layout.ini in the Prefetch folder to arrange files on my hard drive for optimum layout. Could CCleaner be set to not delete the Layout.ini file? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators TwistedMetal Posted September 18, 2006 Moderators Share Posted September 18, 2006 CCleaner currently does not support excluding of files. Just uncheck the Prefetch box. Your Friendly Neighborhood Piriform Forum Moderator Quick Links: CCleaner Products | CCleaner Documentation | Knowledge Center | Downloads | Lost License Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Its generally accepted now that cleaning the prefetch folder on a regular basis harms your systems performance, hence the reason it has been moved to the advanced section of CCleaner and therefore not checked by default. Plus Windows only allows a certain number of prefetch files anyway so the folder never gets very big (usually about 5MB max). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_samuel Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Its generally accepted now that cleaning the prefetch folder on a regular basis harms your systems performance, hence the reason it has been moved to the advanced section of CCleaner and therefore not checked by default. Plus Windows only allows a certain number of prefetch files anyway so the folder never gets very big (usually about 5MB max). So why is the option to clean it still present, if it (possibly) harms performance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 So why is the option to clean it still present, if it (possibly) harms performance? Because some people still believe it to be beneficial, and some are desperate to gain the extra 4Mb from cleaning it. Thats why its only in the Advanced section, the idea being anyone who ticks anything under advanced should understand what they are doing, then its their choice. It used to be in the main section but was moved due to the reasons given. Scroll down to the prefetch section of the following web page for a fuller explanation: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/XPMyths.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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