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Microsoft: Windows 'inetpub' folder created by security fix, don’t delete (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 2 days ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Uh oh, someone hardcoded c:\inetpub in their code 12 years ago.

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Please, this is Windows. That's been sitting in the source code since 1993, but nobody at Microsoft knows why or how to remove it, so they just tell you to not touch the folder.

[–] elfin8er@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yea, like they said. 12 years ago.