{"id":10949,"date":"2016-11-09T17:02:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T11:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=10949"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:43:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:13:07","slug":"enable-disable-superfetch-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-superfetch-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable or Disable SuperFetch in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>Windows 10 SuperFetch (Prefetch) service &#8211; Do you want to learn how to enable or disable SuperFetch in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7 operating system?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SuperFetch<\/strong> is a memory management system service in the Microsoft Windows operating system which was firstly introduced with Windows Vista. You will find the SuperFetch feature in Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/make-windows-10-faster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 10<\/a><\/strong> operating system. Many people still don\u2019t know &#8211; What SuperFetch is and how to enable or disable SuperFetch in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7 OS?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are also one of those Windows users who are not familiar with SuperFetch then you can have a look below and find out everything you need to know about Windows 10 SuperFetch and how it works. Here we go:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eee; padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px; margin: 2px 2px 15px 0px; border-left: 10px solid #39B54A;\" align=\"justify\"><strong>Do you know? <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-fast-user-switching-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Enable or Disable Fast User Switching in Windows 10<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-superfetch-windows-10\/#Whats_SuperFetch_and_How_it_Works\" title=\"What&#8217;s SuperFetch and How it Works?\">What&#8217;s SuperFetch and How it Works?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-superfetch-windows-10\/#How_to_Enable_or_Disable_SuperFetch_in_Windows_10_8_7\" title=\"How to Enable or Disable SuperFetch in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7\">How to Enable or Disable SuperFetch in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-superfetch-windows-10\/#Method_1_Disable_SuperFetch_using_Windows_Services\" title=\"Method 1: Disable SuperFetch using Windows Services\">Method 1: Disable SuperFetch using Windows Services<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-superfetch-windows-10\/#Method_2_Enable_or_Disable_SuperFetch_using_Windows_Registry\" title=\"Method 2: Enable or Disable SuperFetch using Windows Registry\">Method 2: Enable or Disable SuperFetch using Windows Registry<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_SuperFetch_and_How_it_Works\"><\/span>What&#8217;s SuperFetch and How it Works?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Basically,<strong> SuperFetch<\/strong> is a built-in Windows service which is specifically designed to pre-loads commonly used applications into memory to reduce their load times. In short, SuperFetch technology is responsible for improving loading times for both Windows and all installed applications.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/windows-10-superfetch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10950 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/windows-10-superfetch.jpg\" alt=\"Windows 10 superfetch\" width=\"800\" height=\"456\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/windows-10-superfetch.jpg 800w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/windows-10-superfetch-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/windows-10-superfetch-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><span style=\"color: #c2c2c2;\">Image credit: <a style=\"color: #c2c2c2;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilescout.com\/windows\/news\/n74742\/Windows-10-build-14946-Fast-Ring-Insider-PC-Mobile.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">mobilescout.com<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the help of this service, Windows OS manages the amount of random access memory which is available in a machine. You can think of SuperFetch as part of the memory manager of Windows computers. <strong>PreFetcher<\/strong> is a sibling of SuperFetch which was available in Windows XP. There are two basic goals of SuperFetch Windows 10 feature with one being to decrease the boot time and other one to make sure that the applications which you are using on your computer are loading efficiently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to some peoples, sometimes SuperFetch service can affect the overall performance of few particular applications. And this is the main reason that people want to know the exact process of <strong>enabling SuperFetch<\/strong> and <strong>disabling SuperFetch<\/strong> in Windows 10 or 8 or 7 operating system.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eee; border: 0px dashed #555; padding: 15px 15px 5px 15px;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\"><strong>You may also be interested in checking out:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-hibernate-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Enable or Disable Hibernate in Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/windows-10-update-stuck-checking-for-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Fix Windows 10 Update Stuck at Checking for Updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/uninstall-onedrive-windows-10-remove-onedrive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Disable or Uninstall OneDrive from Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-usb-selective-suspend-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Enable USB Selective Suspend in Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/enable-disable-user-account-control-uac-windows-10-8-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Enable or Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 10, 8, 7<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Enable_or_Disable_SuperFetch_in_Windows_10_8_7\"><\/span>How to Enable or Disable SuperFetch in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is very easy to enable or disable SuperFetch in Windows 10 PC. All you have to do is follow the steps mentioned below and you will be able to disable or enable SuperFetch in Windows 10 operating system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here we are going to share two different methods to <strong>enable and disable Windows 10 SuperFetch<\/strong> service and you can follow any method out of these two. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Method_1_Disable_SuperFetch_using_Windows_Services\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\">Method 1:<\/span> Disable SuperFetch using Windows Services<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Disabling SuperFetch service using <strong>Windows Services<\/strong> is the simplest procedure and it doesn\u2019t take too much time. Follow the steps shared below to disables SuperFetch in Windows 10 using the Windows Services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">First of all, open Run dialog box by pressing the combination of <strong>Windows + R<\/strong> keys together.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once the Run dialog box is opened, type <strong>services.msc<\/strong> in it and then press Enter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Services window will appear on your computer. From the list of services, find out &#8220;<strong>SuperFetch<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once you have located SuperFetch service, right-click on it and then select &#8220;<strong>Properties<\/strong>&#8221; option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now click on the &#8220;<strong>Stop<\/strong>&#8220;<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>button in order to disable SuperFetch and then select the &#8220;<strong>Disabled<\/strong>&#8221; option from the Startup type section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, you can see how simple is to disable Windows 10 SuperFetch using Windows service.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Method_2_Enable_or_Disable_SuperFetch_using_Windows_Registry\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\">Method 2:<\/span> Enable or Disable SuperFetch using Windows Registry<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The use of <strong>Windows Registry<\/strong> is another best possible way to enable and disable SuperFetch on Windows 10 computer. Follow the instructions explained below for enabling Windows 10 SuperFetch and disabling SuperFetch in Windows 10 using Windows Registry. Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">At first, open Run dialog box by pressing the combination of <strong>Windows + R<\/strong> keys together.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once the Run dialog box is opened, type <strong>regedit<\/strong> in it and then press Enter to open Registry editor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now navigate to the below-mentioned registry location:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">H_KEY_LOCAL&gt;SYSTEM&gt;CurrentControlSet&gt;Control&gt;Session Manager&gt;MemoryManagement&gt;PrefetchParameters.<\/span><\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the right side, simply double-click on &#8220;<strong>EnableSuperFetch<\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you don\u2019t see this value then just right-click on &#8220;<strong>PrefetchParameters<\/strong>&#8221; folder and then select <strong>New &gt; DWORD Value<\/strong> option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now you have to provide PrefetchParameters one of the below-mentioned values:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>0<\/strong> \u2013 To disable SuperFetch<br \/>\n<strong>1<\/strong> \u2013 To enable prefetching when program is launched<br \/>\n<strong>2<\/strong> \u2013 To enable boot prefetching<br \/>\n<strong>3<\/strong> \u2013 To enable prefetching of everything<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once you have entered the relevant value, finally click on <strong>OK<\/strong> button and then close the registry editor. That\u2019s it!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We hope you found some best ways to enable or <strong>disable SuperFetch in Windows 10<\/strong> \/ 8 \/ 7 system. SuperFetch will help you in optimizing the RAM of your computer and giving you a better user experience. If you are having any doubts or questions regarding <strong>SuperFetch Windows 10<\/strong> or enabling and disabling Windows 10 SuperFetch, let us know using the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\">You might also like to see:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/mmc-could-not-create-the-snap-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Fix MMC could not create the snap-in Windows 10<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 10 SuperFetch (Prefetch) service &#8211; Do you want to learn how to enable or disable SuperFetch in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7 operating system? 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