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Windows 11 update reportedly creates a mysterious folder on your system drive, which is certainly confusing – but ultimately harmless
Apr 10, 2025
New update for Windows 11 24H2 creates empty ‘inetpub’ folder, and in theory you can just delete it
The monthly patch for Windows 11 24H2 reportedly has a bug that creates an enigmatic folder
This ‘inetpub’ folder appears in the system drive but it’s empty
It’s harmless, and you can seemingly delete it safely – though there appears to be a history of ‘inetpub’ popping up on PCs
If you’re scratching your head because a mysterious folder has appeared on your system drive in Windows 11, you wouldn’t be alone.
According to Windows Latest, the issue with the strange folder being created pertains to the latest April update for Windows 11 24H2.
After installing that upgrade, apparently a good many users, including Windows Latest, have spotted that an empty folder called ‘inetpub’ has been created on the drive that Windows 11 is installed on (the C: drive normally).
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This folder is empty, and doesn’t do anything, but its appearance may cause quite some bewilderment among Windows 11 users who open their drive for whatever reason and happen to notice the folder.
As Windows Latest explains, this appears to relate to IIS (Internet Information Services), which is Microsoft’s web server software for developers. The ‘inetpub’ folder is used to store the likes of web pages that a developer might be testing locally on the host PC.
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