How to read windows prefetch files

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Hi all,I want to read windows prefetch files(for example: C:\Windows\Prefetch\CMD.EXE-4A81B364.pf) in my computer.But I don't know the prefetch file format. Please help me.

Posted 21-Apr-11 15:52pm

Jet Jiang

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Sandeep Mewara · Answer 1 · 2011-04-21T18:10:00

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Here, go through them:
File extension PF description[^]
Wiki: Prefetch[^]
File Extension PF[^]

It says: A trace file - Task Scheduler is the process responsible for parsing the trace data collected by the prefetcher and writing files to the Prefetcher directory.

Posted 21-Apr-11 18:10pm

Sandeep Mewara