Very specific parts of the internet were mystified earlier this month by an empty folder labelled "inetpub" turning up among system files after the Windows 11 April 2025 Update.

Windows 11 might be no stranger to update related errors, but the recent appearance of a folder named "inetpub" within the system drive appears to be a harmless, safe-to-delete, artifact of April ...

So, it's weird you have one without the other after installing Windows 11 KB5055523 update or Windows 10 KB5055518. The SYSTEM account owns the new inetpub folder, meaning an elevated process made it.

The folder in question is labeled "inetpub" and it gets plopped onto your root partition after applying the newest update for Windows. For most folks, that's going to be the C:\ folder, though the ...

So, it's weird you have one without the other after installing Windows 11 KB5055523 update or Windows 10 KB5055518. The SYSTEM account owns the new inetpub folder, meaning an elevated process made it.

A security update from Microsoft in April created a folder called "inetpub" on Windows systems. Some users have unsuspectingly deleted this folder, which opens up a new security vulnerability.

Don't delete that mysterious 'inetpub' Windows folder, says Microsoft, as it's supposedly important for system security There's also a known issue with .Net Framework 3.5 apps failing to open and ...