If you’ve spent time on tech forums or dipped into YouTube comments, you’ll eventually encounter the infamous question: “How do I delete System32 in Windows 11?” Sometimes it’s framed as a genuine search for a performance boost; other times, it appears as a prank or challenge. The reality is far...
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Windows 11 continues to surprise its users. The latest April 2025 cumulative update—KB5055523—has introduced an unexpected twist: the creation of an empty "inetpub" folder in the root of the C: drive, even on systems where Internet Information Services (IIS) is not installed. While the folder’s...
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Microsoft's recent April 2025 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11—specifically update KB5055523—introduced an unexpected yet purposeful change that has stirred curiosity and concern among users and IT professionals alike: the mysterious creation of an empty folder named inetpub on the system...
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The Surprise of the Blank Directory
It’s late at night, you’ve just finished a big Windows 11 update, and as you’re organizing your files, you spot it: an unfamiliar, empty folder sitting quietly on your system drive. For a moment, it seems harmless – after all, it’s empty. Yet, its existence...
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I have a laptop and I partitioned "C" into "C" and "F". Now I want to move the non-system, non Windows OS files to "F". I need to know which of the folders now on "C" I can move. I've attached a screencap. Which of the folders can I move?
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