That worked!!! Thank you very much.
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home in Georgia


"Nightowl" wrote:

> 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
>