Wow!

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Wes
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In news:UAKPU5fHbRVGFw4G@black.hole,
Nightowl <owl@[127.0.0.1]> hunted and pecked:
> 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?
>
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> Nightowl