Unfortunately this did not work. When I rebooted, the menu/icon text went
back to symbols. Oddly, if I open File Explorer I cannot see any fonts. I
have to re-copy from a networked PC. (Even the screen defaulted back to a
very low resolution.) I can leave the PC turned on for now with no real
hybernation other than the display but would love to fix the root problem.
Thanks for the assist though.
--
home in Georgia


"Nightowl" wrote:

> 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 :-)
>
> --
> Nightowl
>