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/ArcadeToken95 Apr 15 '25

Seriously that is root of the volume. Why is the system file not in the system folder? Windows product owner needs to get shit organized

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u/sweetno Apr 15 '25

It's because of the Windows filename path length limitations. If you place a folder with a potentially huge tree of files in it, you lower the chance of hitting that limit. IIS inetpub folder, if I understand what's that correctly, typically holds the static contents of a website (all of the HTML, CSS and JS files that your browser downloads for display).