Microsoft’s new PC Manager can really slow down Windows 11 and 10

Microsoft is slowly rolling out its new PC Manager tool, which aims to speed up your computer’s performance by removing unnecessary files similar to Ccleaner. However, it turns out that one of the options in this new software slows down the PC.

In addition to these new, very practical features of Windows 11, Microsoft recently deployed a new software on its online store: PC Manager. This application is similar to Ccleaner. Like this software, it mainly offers Clean up your PCTo speed up computer performance, by deleting files and scraps of uninstalled programs that take up unnecessary space on the hard drive.

But there is a shock

. As Neowin points out, by deleting files, PC Manager can actually slow down Windows.

Why does PC Manager slow down Windows performance?

PC Manager has an option “Deep cleaning” This option scans the entire machine to delete files that the user no longer needs, freeing up space and speeding up computer performance.

Problem, this optimization option also deletes all the files in it Prefetch folder from the computer. This folder is used to save information from user-run applications, so that they start faster next time. These are not essential files, but they are useful in keeping the computer running smoothly.

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When Microsoft PC Manager switches, all files in the prefetch folder disappear. Although this saves some disk space, it mostly slows down the overall performance of the PC. So it would be better not to activate this deep cleaning option to save computer performance. Height For an app that offers the exact opposite!

This news may prevent the adoption of this new free utility from Microsoft, especially in France. In fact, it seems that many users in our country do not have access to the application yet. Even when going to the Microsoft Store, the PC Manager download button does not appear. This will not encourage them to do so once available.

Microsoft currently has a lot to do with Windows 11. Just yesterday, the taskbar was redesigned for a more modern look. Let’s all hope that by the time PC Manager is fully deployed, Microsoft will find the time to fix this thorn issue. In the meantime, we’ll stick to Ccleaner.

Source: Neowin