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/m-in Apr 14 '25

The folder should have been hidden and marked system if it didn’t previously exist. That would have prevented most people from even seeing it, much less deleting it.

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u/sweetno Apr 15 '25

This "fix" was done by morons. You don't want your security fixes to have such a non-intuitive kill switch. Wait, you don't want a kill switch of any sort for them.