homemerf <homemerf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Sun, 20 May 2007:

>Please I need help. I've posted earlier but am really hoping someone can
>help me. All the fonst in my Windows\Fonts folder seem to disapper. I've
>tried copying fonts from a networked computer but the fonts keep
>disappearing. Menu/file commands are garbled until I copy but if I reboot
>everything is lost. It may have something to do with another error I see
>about the desktop.ini file being invalid or damaged.
>
>How do I make the computer keep the fonts and fix the menu/file text?
>

Hello again, home in Georgia.

If the desktop.ini file in your Fonts folder has somehow got corrupted,
you could try creating a new one and see if it fixes things.

1. Open Notepad and copy and paste the following into it exactly as
shown here:

[.ShellClassInfo]
UICLSID={BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948F534}

Put your cursor at the end of the last line and press Enter to create a
blank line. Now Save As desktop.new in your Windows\Fonts folder.
(Remember to select All Files in the Save as Type drop-down, otherwise
you will get a .txt extension added to the file name.)

2. Open a Command window (Start | Run | cmd, OK). Type:
cd C:\Windows\Fonts and press <Enter>.

3. Type:
attrib -s -h desktop.ini <Enter>. (This removes the file's special
attributes and should make it deletable.)

Type:
del desktop.ini <Enter>.

This should have got rid of the damaged file.

4. Now to rename the new file you made earlier, type:
ren desktop.new desktop.ini <enter>

and give it the special attributes it should have:
attrib desktop.ini +s +h <enter>

You can now close the Command window by typing Exit or clicking the
Close button. Reboot and see if fonts you put in the folder will now
stay put.

I hope this helps, although it may be something other than a corrupted
desktop.ini file that's causing your problem. Please let us know how you
get on :-)

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Nightowl