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Windows Just Created a Mysterious Folder on Your PC, but It's Nothing Serious

It’s no secret that updating your Windows PC often brings surprises, be it Microsoft’s AI assistant Copilot breaking or your Start menu changing without warning. This time, the April update snuck a ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 April update unexpectedly creates new 'inetpub' folder

Update 4/11: Microsoft has now confirmed that the inetpub folder is created as part of a security update. More information in this article. The Windows April 2025 updates are strangely creating an ...
CNET

Damaged Files folder: Created by Disk First Aid?

Rob Kennedy reiterates: "Disk First Aid is the only disk utility I have. I am confident that Disk First Aid did in fact create the Damaged Files folder." Jeff Kenny concurs: "I too had this folder and ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft shares script to restore inetpub folder you shouldn’t delete

Microsoft has released a PowerShell script to help restore an empty 'inetpub' folder created by the April 2025 Windows security updates if deleted. As Microsoft previously warned, this folder helps ...
Windows Central

What's the mysterious Windows 11 'inetpub' folder? Microsoft says you shouldn't delete it.

On Windows 11, following the April 2025 security update KB5055523 and the update KB5055518 for Windows 10, users have reported a new and unexpected "inetpub" folder empty in the root of the "C" drive, ...