A way to clear prefetch on shutdown
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In reading the other tweaks for "automatically" deleting the prefetch files (which, by the way, decreases your startup time drastically) and finding out that they were NOT AUTOMATIC at all, I was forced to find a truly automatic way to delete these files.  The other tweaks weren't automatic because you had to run a file every time you wanted to do this.  Also, running it once won't help because every time you run an app on your computer, it puts more files into the prefetch folder, so we needed something to delete the files when shutting down or restarting.  Well, here it is:

 

1.  create a new text file in the C:\  directory

2.  type "del c:\windows\prefetch\*.* /q" (without he quotes)

3.  save the file as "prefetch.bat"

4.  From the Start menu, select "Run:

5.  Type in "gpedit.msc"

6.  In the window that appears, under the "computer configuration" heading, expand "windows settings"

7.  under "windows settings", select "Scripts (Startup/Shutdown)"

8.  double click "shutdown" from the right window

9.  click "add"

10.  click browse and locate your "prefetch.bat" file

11.  click "open"

12.  click "OK"

13.  click apply or OK to finalize this process.

Now you are done.  every time you shut down or restart your computer, it will run your shutdown script to delete the prefetch files. 
 

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"Cannot Start Outlook"

OL2000: Error Message: "Cannot Start Outlook" on Windows NT Workstation

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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 2000

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IMPORTANT : This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.


SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to start Outlook for the first time after installing Microsoft Office 2000, you receive the following error message even though you are logged on as the administrator, or as a member of the local Administrator group, on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation computer:

Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Outlook could not be configured, because Administrator privileges are required for you to install some types of software on this computer. Before you can use Outlook, you must either log on to your computer as an Administrator and finish configuring Outlook, or ask your System Administrator to configure Outlook e-mail support for you."



CAUSE
You do not have sufficient permissions on the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Setup



RESOLUTION
Change the permissions on the registry key to Full Control.



MORE INFORMATION
WARNING : Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys and Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT or Windows 2000, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).


To set the permissions to Full Control, follow these steps:

Log on as the local administrator or member of the Administrator group.


On the Start menu, click Run . In the Open box, type Regedt32 to run the Registry Editor. Click OK . Regedt32.exe must be used, rather than Regedit.exe, to make Security changes.


On the Window menu, click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on Local Machine .


Navigate to the following registry key:


Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Setup
On the Security menu, click Permissions .


Click the <computer name>\Administrators group, and on the Type of Access list, click to select Full Control (where <computer name> is the computer you are logged on to).


Click OK , and on the Registry menu, click Exit .


Restart Outlook. The first-run portion of Setup for Outlook will complete without further error.


Making this security change while logged in as administrator will also affect any user who is a member of the Administrator group.