Delete Prefetch Folder Contents

Question

I want to be able to delete the windows prefetch folder. However i don't know what's the right word to use so that the system finds automatically the right folder since not everybody installs windows on drive C:. i think it's %systemroot% but i'm getting an error. So please, enlighten me. Here's my code.

Dim file As String
For Each file In System.IO.Directory.GetFiles("%systemroot%\prefetch")
System.IO.File.Delete(file)
Next file

Answer 1

try this:

Dim file As String

Dim SysFolder As String = Environment.SystemDirectory & "\prefetch"

For Each file In System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(SysFolder)

System.IO.File.Delete(file)

Next file

 

What error are you getting?

Answer 2

that the directory didn't exist. Thanks a lot!

Answer 3

The Prefetch folder isn't located in the system 32 directory, it's located in the windows directory.

Answer 4

Use:

Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir")