Prefetch files are stored in which directory?

• A. C:\Windows\Prefetch
• B. C:\Windows\System32
• C. C:\Documents and Settings\Prefetch
• D. C:\ProgramData\Prefetch

Answer: (A)

Prefetch speeds up application launches by caching data about recently run executables so Windows can load them more quickly next time. Those prefetch records live in the Windows Prefetch folder, typically at C:\Windows\Prefetch. Each executable has a corresponding .pf file with metadata like last run time and run frequency to help the system optimize loading.

Other locations aren’t used for this purpose: System32 houses core system binaries, not prefetch data; Documents and Settings is a legacyprofile path no longer used in modern Windows; and ProgramData is for general application data, not the prefetch cache. So the correct location is C:\Windows\Prefetch.