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Can I delete Internet Folder (x86) and Internet folders from W11?
IT Security department requested to delete the folders from all workstations. I can't find any articles about this subject. Many thanks in advance if you can point me in the right direction.
IT Security department referred to the below article
https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/25/22550714/microsoft-windows-11-internet-explorer-disabled
They want the folders removed from the C drive. I told them it wasn't possible
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer
C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer
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the command below removed the folders. It has been one week and I have not seen any issue on my W11 enterprise OS. 23h2
# Take ownership of the folder
takeown /F "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" /R /D Y
takeown /F "C:\Program Files (X86)\Internet Explorer" /R /D Y
# Grant yourself full control
icacls "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" /grant "$(whoami):(F)" /T
icacls "C:\Program Files (X86)\Internet Explorer" /grant "$(whoami):(F)" /T
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" -Recurse -Force
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Program Files (X86)\Internet Explorer" -Recurse -Force
