RE: Fonts changed
From: Vintage (Vintage_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/04/04
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Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 16:03:04 -0700
Hey thanks for the info. I just went through this with a laptop and found
the common element, QuickClean. I had the same exact problem and an MVP
named Kelly gave the same solution. (search on "Missing Fonts, Anyone solve
it" in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general.) It was difficult to do because
not all of the fonts would delete from the Fonts folder. Trying to delete
the Fonts folder itself also didn't work. I knew what was happening but
didn't know which of the software on my clients laptop was the culprit. Now
I know! Thank you very much.
For me, I'm currently reloading Win XP on the laptop from Dell's recovery
disk because attempting the correct the problem would not work. Like others
I lost it every time I restarted. Have already spent two days on this so
reinstalling OS seems to be the best choice for me right now.
Phillip
"anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com" wrote:
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Hey i installed sp2 and now all my fonts are changed to
> >>wingdings or something. i mean everything on the start
> >>menu is changed all my program names and icons. also the
> >>address bar has been changed what do i do
> >>.
> >>
> >
> >I can only give a little help... same thing happened to
> me
> >when I used a 3rd party reg cleaner ~All fonts
> disappeared
> >even if I re-installed them, the next boot up ~ gone! It
> >turned out to be aline missing from the registry ~ this
> is
> >the awful bit, I can't remember what it was :o(
> >
> >IanR
> >.
> >
> There's more! I asked #2 son what was that program that
> took out the fonts. McAfee QuickClean he says. So I did a
> search on the Mc Forums and look I famous! I've obviously
> posted this before!
>
> ====================================
> Czar_of_Russia
> For getting out of the default "Marlett" symbol font..
>
> I used "Ian Ridgers" fix, and it this works!:
>
> When you look in the Windows/fonts folder from Windows
> explorer you are NOT looking at the folder on the hard
> disk, you are actually looking at the registry entry. That
> how you can see the names of the fonts not the file names.
> Unfortunately Quickclean removes this info from the
> Registry so you see a blank. Ironically the font files are
> still there and if you open a DOS window and CD
> \windows\fonts you can see them. Right, now if you go back
> to Explorer and 'reinstall' the fonts it tries to put them
> in the registry and put them in the Dir and make them
> available to windows all that the same time. Somehow it
> seems to be successful and works for the rest of that
> session, because Explore has 'made the fonts available' to
> the windows session BUT it has NOT been able to put them
> in the Registry because the
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\softward\Microsoft\windowsNT\currentVer
> sion\fonts] has been deleted by QuickClean and is not
> there. Consequently if you look at fonts again in
> Explorer, which is looking at the Registry, there is
> nothing to see! When you re-start your machine it is looks
> at the registry to reload the fonts NOT the FONT dir and,
> as there is nothing in the registry nothing is loaded and
> you are back to square one. The solution is very very
> simple! In a dos window copy all your fonts to a
> new 'junk' directory. In dos delete the fonts in
> c:\windows\fonts (as many as you can anyway). Then, using
> Regedit.exe (found in Windows dir) open up
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\softward\Microsoft\windowsNT\currentVers
> ion\ and via EDIT/NEW/KEY add the missing 'Fonts' entry.
> Now back to Explorer again and open C:\Windows\fonts and
> via [File/install new fonts] open your 'junk' dir and
> select all. Once the action has finished you should see
> all the fonts in explorer and even if you go up a level
> and come back again they should still be there. If they
> are you've fixed your machine if not then I don't
> know!!!!! I admit the biggest difficulty here is that a
> lot of the activity in Explorer has to be done with
> graphics rather than letters. I suggest the 'Junk' file is
> named 'font font' because you can spot the repetition and
> you know which one it is!
>
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