Windows 11 inherited an annoying issue from Windows 10 that creates hundreds of thousands of empty folders deep on your hard drive.

Whether you need to hide files with secure info inside or files with details about a surprise party, it's easy to do so in Windows 11 — here's how.

This tutorial shows you how to permanently or temporarily delete files & folders in Windows using Context Menu, Keyboard shortcuts, CMD, PowerShell, etc.

Finally, if you delete ProgramData, all but 'Microsoft', 'Packages' and 'USOShared' will disappear. Opening the Packages folder and deleting the files individually left two more.

Windows warning: Don't delete that weird 'inetpub' folder. Already did? Here's your fix It may look empty, but that folder is tied to a new security patch - and it shouldn't be removed.

If you're a Windows 11 users, the empty inetpub that recently appeared on your computer isn't malicious—it is actually critical to fixing a security flaw in your system.

Microsoft's April 2025 Patch Tuesday updates are strangely creating an empty "inetpub" folder in the root of the C:\\ drive, even on systems that do not have Internet Information Services (IIS ...