Windows 11 update creates mysterious inetpub folder

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Microsoft released security updates for Windows 11 and other company products earlier this week. If you have installed the security update on a Windows 11 PC, you may have noticed something peculiar after the mandatory restart.

After opening the root of drive C in File Explorer, you may have stumbled upon the inetpub folder, a newly created folder. The creation date and time of the folder aligns with the installation of the update. When you open it, you will notice that it is empty.

Microsoft made no mention of the folder in the changelog, and it may not be clear immediately why the folder was created.



If you are a Windows veteran, you may remember that inetpub was the default folder for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) on drive C of the computer. It was used by the service to storage website content.

Problem is, if you check under installed features, you may notice that Internet Information Services is not installed. IIS is not installed by default, which means that it requires manual activation. The update did not install the service automatically, which is good to know.

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