As I just said to Nightowl, unfortunately this did not work either. 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


"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> 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
> -----
>
> 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.
>
>
> --
> 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
>
>