Microsoft said that the update with the KB5055523 patch in Windows 11 has created the “C: \ Innetpub” folder, even if the Internet Information Services (IIS) service is disabled. At the same time, the company does not recommend deletion, since it is designed to increase the security of the system. reports “Habr” portal.
According to Microsoft, if the “C: \ inetpub” folder is created earlier than the distribution of the KB5055523, April storage updates will not be installed. At the same time, users should not take any action on this folder, regardless of whether IIS is used.
Although the company does not specify exactly how this folder helps to improve the protection of the system, it is part of new measures aiming at security. Previously, the INTPUB folder has been used as a standard IIS catalog containing lower catalists for web server files such as WWROT and FTP.
The creation of an empty inetpub folder asked questions among users because it belongs to the system account and was created with increasing privileges. However, as guaranteed in Microsoft, the presence of this folder does not affect the performance or stability of the system.
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