News Windows Update drops empty 'intepub' folder in system, leaves users scratching heads after April update

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I would assume this is just a bug that created this folder instead of actually installing any IIS application files. But it had me checking my own C: drive. Sure enough I had the inetpub folder as I just installed this months updates yesterday. But in addition, I have a "Microsoft Shared" folder along with some dlls which appears to be related to Visual Studio. And a OneDriveTemp folder. And some other random folders including an AMD and MSI one. Damn, I've seen users who dump all sorts of crap directly on the C: drive but those are uninformed users. It's pretty crap that these companies that are building these large scale applications don't follow standard folder locations and just dump crap on the C: drive. Especially Microsoft since they built these folder structures for a reason and then don't use them.
 
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BillyBuerger said:
I would assume this is just a bug that created this folder instead of actually installing any IIS application files. But it had me checking my own C: drive. Sure enough I had the inetpub folder as I just installed this months updates yesterday. But in addition, I have a "Microsoft Shared" folder along with some dlls which appears to be related to Visual Studio. And a OneDriveTemp folder. And some other random folders including an AMD and MSI one. Damn, I've seen users who dump all sorts of crap directly on the C: drive but those are uninformed users. It's pretty crap that these companies that are building these large scale applications don't follow standard folder locations and just dump crap on the C: drive. Especially Microsoft since they built these folder structures for a reason and then don't use them.
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The amazing thing is that Windows and Windows Update works at all!
 
BillyBuerger said:
I would assume this is just a bug that created this folder instead of actually installing any IIS application files. But it had me checking my own C: drive. Sure enough I had the inetpub folder as I just installed this months updates yesterday. But in addition, I have a "Microsoft Shared" folder along with some dlls which appears to be related to Visual Studio. And a OneDriveTemp folder. And some other random folders including an AMD and MSI one. Damn, I've seen users who dump all sorts of crap directly on the C: drive but those are uninformed users. It's pretty crap that these companies that are building these large scale applications don't follow standard folder locations and just dump crap on the C: drive. Especially Microsoft since they built these folder structures for a reason and then don't use them.
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I'd assume when third-parties are dumping their files at the root of the drive, it is because they're too lazy to check if the various standard locations even exist between OS versions, if they have the necessary permissions.. well, you get the idea. Microsoft on the other hand, should know better. Probably was a bug in the case of the update, but that OneDriveTemp folder.. no.
 
This might be of interest, I installed 26100. 3775 Win11 Pro this morning and it, too, contains the Inetpub directory. However, it contains six (6) subdirectories that each contain files. So it looks like Microsoft, at least, knows what the folder is for and is planning on making use of it in upcoming Windows updates. I'm in the Preview Insider's channel, which is the closest to planned release of the next official update. These Insider versions are more advanced than the stock Win11 upgrades, which may be why people are seeing the directory empty.
 
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