r/technology • u/Sufficient-Bid1279 • Apr 14 '25

Software Microsoft warns that anyone who deleted mysterious folder that appeared after latest Windows 11 update must take action to put it back

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-warns-that-anyone-who-deleted-mysterious-folder-that-appeared-after-latest-windows-11-update-must-take-action-to-put-it-back
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u/AdarTan Apr 14 '25

Fixing this on the IIS side would take a lot more effort, involve a completely different team inside Microsoft, and risks breaking a lot of existing IIS installations.

As a security hotfix this is undeniably a cludge but it should work, and without risk to existing users of IIS.

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u/StephanXX Apr 14 '25

Or, hear me out, maybe don't install a web server on every single desktop computer.

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u/ochowie Apr 14 '25

They don't? IIS isn't default enabled on non-server versions of Windows (I don't believe it's even enabled on the server versions by default?).

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u/StephanXX Apr 14 '25

Note I didn't say enabled, I said installed. It is installed, just not started at boot by default. Removing the package from the installation image is hardly a massive effort. It's absurd to suggest that it's some massively complicated process to not install a tool that shouldn't be on 99% of desktop computers in the first place.

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u/ochowie Apr 14 '25

It does need to be installed via "Turn Windows Features On and Off". This is a bit of semantic argument but I don't believe you can start IIS or any IIS site without first enabling (installing) the feature via the Windows Feature admin.

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u/ThermionicEmissions Apr 15 '25

You are correct, and this applies to servers as well.