Among many other things, TweakUI has this function

Repair font folder:
Restores the functionality of the Font folder. Repair the font folder when
you find that the Font folder has begun acting like a normal folder.

1. Open TweakUI.
2. Click on Repair, bottom item on the left.
3. On the right hand side, click on the V to expand the menu.
4. Click on Repair Font Folder.
5. Click the Repair Now button.

You can download TweakUI here...

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not
exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including
mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.

Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or above or Windows
Server 2003.

Scroll down the right hand side and look for...
Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe

TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe is what you get.

If you have Windows XP without any Service Packs, download Version 2.00.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...Install/2/WXP/
EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
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Some good info here...

Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

TweakUI for Windows XP - Tips
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/twktips.htm

TweakUI PowerTips
http://weblogs.asp.net/jkey/archive/.../01/22303.aspx

All of those tips at the link above are part of TweakUI.

TweakUI
[+] About
Tips

You can cycle through the tips with the Next Tip and Previous Tip buttons.
But, if you click the Save Tips button, you get Tweak UI Tips.txt which you
can save wherever, with all of the tips in a Notepad file.


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:4AD97C6C-A644-4FA6-A116-E79DACF4FDB4@microsoft.com,
homemerf <homemerf@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> 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?
>
> --
> home in Georgia