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Old 05-22-2007, 04:30 AM
Nightowl
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Re: Fonts disappearing from Windows\Fonts folder

homemerf <homemerf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Mon, 21 May 2007:

>Unfortunately this did not work. When I rebooted, the menu/icon text went
>back to symbols.


That's probably because Tahoma is not installed or being recognised as
installed. . .

>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.


Open Windows Explorer to the Windows folder, then go to the View menu,
click on Choose Details and in the list that pops up, check Attributes
and click OK. Now back in the Explorer right-hand pane, what do you see
under the Attributes column for the Fonts folder? Does it say S and R?

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Old 05-22-2007, 04:30 AM