That certainly sounds like a glitch that needed to be patched. The problem is that Microsoft failed to communicate why the ...

On Windows, Microsoft created the inetpub folder to fix a security vulnerability, so it's not a bug, and you shouldn't delete ...

Did you delete the inetpub folder by accident? It is an essential security placeholder on your Windows device. Here is how ...

Very specific parts of the internet were mystified earlier this month by an empty folder labelled "inetpub" turning up among ...

If you're a Windows 11 users, the empty inetpub that recently appeared on your computer isn't malicious—it is actually ...

Most importantly, Microsoft warned that the folder should not be deleted, even if the Windows 11 PC allows it to. According ...

Microsoft has now confirmed that an April 2025 Windows security update is creating a new empty "inetpub" folder and warned ...

Figures from StatCounter indicate that the percentage of Windows 10 usage has now dipped below 60% for the first time with 58 ...

Recent Windows security updates released as part of April's Patch Tuesday introduced an unexpected change. After installing ...

Microsoft has warned that users must not delete “inetpub” folder on Windows 11 after the April 2025 Update created it. This ...

In other words, there’s no harm done as such. Windows Latest has deleted the folder – as have others – and reports that it’s ...

The folder in question is labeled "inetpub" and it gets plopped onto your root partition after applying the newest update for ...