You mean to say Windows 8 has a fax folder?

Take a trip all the way back to 1990. The Windows 8 My Documents folder has a Fax sub-folder.

Younger readers, ask your parents about faxes and fax machines. They were a thing once.

Since I haven’t sent or received a fax in 15 years, I can only assume the folder was automatically installed on may behalf by Windows. I’ve installed a fresh OS so it isn’t something previously hidden that Windows helpfully dragged up from the vaults. This is a 2012 installation.

I don’t remember seeing it there before so my guess is the folder was added when I used the Windows Fax and Scan software to scan some paper documents. Although it could have been there all along in a hidden corner. Windows is like that.

Which brings me to my next question: why does Windows 8 have Fax software at all? There’s an argument for legacy stuff on a PC. This is ridiculous.