Uninstalling an application doesn’t erase the evidence that it was ever used

Did you know that uninstalling an application doesn’t erase the evidence that it was ever used? Windows maintains a hidden record for programs you run to improve startup performance. This mechanism is called Prefetch . Stored in C:\Windows\Prefetch , these . pf files record details such as: The exact date and time the program was executed The file path it was launche…