Hi H I G

I'm guessing you mean there's no Registry key called Fonts in that
location. Hmm. . . that is *very* odd and rather sinister. It does
explain why you're not seeing your fonts after a reboot, but implies
something could be either stopping Windows from making the Reg entries
when you install fonts, or is deleting the key when you restart.

Then again, that missing key could be the answer :-) I suddenly
remembered that a few years back when I uninstalled a no-longer-needed
Dell keyboard program from my PC, it deleted my Fonts key too. It's
possible something similar's happened to you. Let's try recreating it,
then re-installing just a few basic Windows fonts such as Times New
Roman, Arial and Tahoma (for your menus!) through the Control Panel and
see if they'll then "stick".

If you've not had experience in editing your Registry, the easiest way
to create the new key would be to copy and paste the lines below into a
new file in Notepad to make a .reg file that will do the job for you.
Make sure word wrap is off first (Format menu, uncheck Word wrap). Copy
everything between the dotted lines, including the two blank ones
(they're important!) but not the dotted lines themselves:

-------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts]

-------------------------------------------

Now in the File menu go to Save As. Choose a location somewhere you can
easily find the file, such as My Documents. In the Save As Type box be
sure to choose All Files, then enter a name such as Fontkey.reg and
click the Save button. Close Notepad.

Go into the folder where you saved the file and double-click on it.
You'll see a message asking if you're sure you want to add the contents
to the Registry. Click Yes and you should see another message saying it
was successful. Now reboot (so Windows will read the Registry and "see"
the new key).

Now try re-installing just a few core Windows fonts through Control
Panel. Open and close the Fonts folder a few times. Are they still
there? Now reboot again. Have the fonts disappeared again? If they have,
check for the Registry key you created; has that gone too?

I'm really hoping this might fix things for you. Please do let us know
how you get on :-)


homemerf <homemerf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Wed, 23 May 2007:

>There is no folder titled Fonts just one titled Font Drivers, Font DPI,
>FontMapper and FontSubstitutes. I checked the other house computer and
>obviously there is a Fonts folder on that PC. I am beginning to agree with
>you that I have something on this PC.
>
>
>"Nightowl" wrote:
>
>> homemerf <homemerf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Tue, 22 May 2007:
>>
>> >Every time I look in the Windows/Fonts folder I see nothing but dir from the
>> >C prompt shows fonts. If I reinstall I see the fonts until I close explorer.
>> > Same things from the fonts menu out of Control Panel. The seem to disappear
>> >from Windows although something seems to be in the directory windows/fonts.
>>
>> Hello again
>>
>> I saw both this message and your previous one saying that the Fonts
>> folder does have the S and R attributes. So now we know:
>>
>> Your fonts folder has the right settings;
>> Your desktop.ini is okay (you created a new one);
>> You can see the fonts in a Command window but not within Windows once
>> you reboot.
>>
>> I'm really beginning to think that maybe you have something nasty on
>> your machine that is sabotaging your Fonts folder. Can you please try
>> one more thing for me? While this is happening -- that is, when you have
>> installed fonts but can't see them in Explorer -- open Regedit (Start |
>> Run | regedit <ok>) and navigate to the key:
>>
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts
>>
>> Is there anything listed in the right-hand pane?

--
Nightowl