Get-ForensicPrefetch

NAME Get-ForensicPrefetch



SYNOPSIS

Gets the Prefetch objects from the specified volume or file.





SYNTAX

Get-ForensicPrefetch [[-VolumeName] <String>] [-Fast <SwitchParameter>] [<CommonParameters>]



Get-ForensicPrefetch -Path <String> [-Fast <SwitchParameter>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

The Get-ForensicPrefetch cmdlet parses the binary structure in the specified Prefetch file. If a file is not

specified, Get-Prefetch parses all .pf files in the C:\\Windows\\Prefetch directory.



Except as noted, the cmdlets in the PowerForensics module require the permissions of a member of the

Administrators group on the computer. To run them, start Windows PowerShell with the 'Run as administrator' option.





PARAMETERS

-VolumeName [<String>]

Specifies the name of the volume or logical partition.



Enter the volume name in one of the following formats: \\\\.\\C:, C:, or C.



Required? false

Position? 0

Default value \\\\.\\C:

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Fast [<SwitchParameter>]

Use the Windows API to list files within the C:\\Windows\\Prefetch directory. WARNING: Not forensically sound.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Path <String>

Path to file to be parsed.



Required? true

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS

None







OUTPUTS

PowerForensics.Artifacts.Prefetch













-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



[ADMIN]: PS C:\\>Get-ForensicPrefetch



This command gets an array of all Prefetch files in the C:\\Windows\\Prefetch directory.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------



[ADMIN]: PS C:\\>Get-ForensicPrefetch -Path C:\\Windows\\Prefetch\\CMD.EXE-89305D47.pf





Version : WINDOWS_8

Name : CMD.EXE

Path : \\DEVICE\\HARDDISKVOLUME1\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\CMD.EXE

PathHash : 89305D47

DependencyCount : 25

PrefetchAccessTime : {4/3/2015 4:29:25 AM, 4/3/2015 4:29:18 AM, 3/31/2015 12:33:17 PM, 3/31/2015

12:22:42 PM...}

DeviceCount : 1

RunCount : 40



This command parses the Prefetch file specified by the Path parameter.



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