Microsoft's April 2025 cumulative Windows update, notably identified as KB5055523 for Windows 11 24H2, has stirred significant discussion in the tech community due to an unexpected and somewhat mysterious change: the automatic creation of an empty folder named "inetpub" on the system drive...
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A New Security Measure or a Nuisance? Understanding the "inetpub" Folder Post-Windows Update
April 2025’s Patch Tuesday update has introduced Windows users—both on Windows 10 and 11—to an unexpected sight: a mysterious empty folder named C:\inetpub. If your system now features this enigmatic...
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