"Install new font" missing from File menu in Win XP Home Geoff <grw888[ at ]yahoo.com> 12.07.2006 03:21:58 Is there a fix for this? I used to be able to add fonts, but now the file menu is just the generic list - no way to add fonts.

Re: "Install new font" missing from File menu in Win XP Home "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" <garfieldnodie[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> 12.07.2006 03:27:45 Do you have a question about Microsoft Word? Geoff wrote: [Quoted Text] > Is there a fix for this? I used to be able to add fonts, but now the > file menu is just the generic list - no way to add fonts.

Re: "Install new font" missing from File menu in Win XP Home Geoff <grw888[ at ]yahoo.com> 12.07.2006 03:36:17 garfield-n-odie [MVP] wrote: [Quoted Text] > Do you have a question about Microsoft Word? > > Geoff wrote: >> Is there a fix for this? I used to be able to add fonts, but now the >> file menu is just the generic list - no way to add fonts. > No, about trouble installing fonts in XP. Is this he wrong NG?

Re: "Install new font" missing from File menu in Win XP Home Character <Char[ at ]cter.drop.cap> 12.07.2006 03:39:28 Geoff wrote: [Quoted Text] > Is there a fix for this? I used to be able to add fonts, but now the > file menu is just the generic list - no way to add fonts. Download, install, and run Microsofts' free TweakUI. Run the "repair font folder". (the last item on the list is "Repair"; select "repair font folder" from the drop-down menu). http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx The cause is usally that the Fonts folder has been diddled with and has lost its "System File" attribute. - Character

Re: "Install new font" missing from File menu in Win XP Home Geoff <grw888[ at ]yahoo.com> 12.07.2006 03:39:57 Character wrote: [Quoted Text] > Geoff wrote: >> Is there a fix for this? I used to be able to add fonts, but now the >> file menu is just the generic list - no way to add fonts. > > Download, install, and run Microsofts' free TweakUI. Run the "repair > font folder". (the last item on the list is "Repair"; select "repair > font folder" from the drop-down menu). > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx > > The cause is usally that the Fonts folder has been diddled with and has > lost its "System File" attribute. > > - Character Thanks, I'll try it.

Re: "Install new font" missing from File menu in Win XP Home Character <Char[ at ]cter.drop.cap> 12.07.2006 03:49:21 garfield-n-odie [MVP] wrote: [Quoted Text] > Do you have a question about Microsoft Word? This is the only current font-related Microsoft forum; it's probably more attuned to questions like this than the more general operating system fora. - Character > Geoff wrote: > >> Is there a fix for this? I used to be able to add fonts, but now the >> file menu is just the generic list - no way to add fonts. > >

Re: "Install new font" missing from File menu in Win XP Home Alan Edwards <edwards[ at ]southcom.com.au> 12.07.2006 05:39:37 Fonts folder has lost its system properties. This will be obvious if viewing the fonts folder. You will not have the names and the "Install new font" option under file. If so: Check the protection in Properties on folder c:\windows\fonts If it is not shown with a check in System, then you cannot install new fonts. It should also be protected, so you may not be able to alter from Explorer. In DOS mode, (or from Start-Run) use the command attrib +s c:\windows\fonts Reboot and all should be OK or... Use TweakUI http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm The system attribute is normally the problem and the DOS fix is the solution in the majority of the last few hundred responses I have made to similar problems. The Fonts folder will not function as a special folder without the system attribute. The other common problem is that the hidden desktop.ini is missing or corrupt and TweakUI will fix that. There is a third problem mentioned here but, in my experience, this one is uncommon. (Fontext.dll file may be missing or damaged) Missing Menu Commands in the Fonts Folder http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q133/7/25.asp ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows -Internet Explorer ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.org/index.html On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:21:58 -0700, in microsoft.public.word.printingfonts, Geoff <grw888[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Is there a fix for this? I used to be able to add fonts, but now the >file menu is just the generic list - no way to add fonts.

Re: "Install new font" missing from File menu in Win XP Home Geoff <grw888[ at ]yahoo.com> 12.07.2006 06:07:42 Geoff wrote: [Quoted Text] > Character wrote: >> Geoff wrote: >>> Is there a fix for this? I used to be able to add fonts, but now the >>> file menu is just the generic list - no way to add fonts. >> >> Download, install, and run Microsofts' free TweakUI. Run the "repair >> font folder". (the last item on the list is "Repair"; select "repair >> font folder" from the drop-down menu). >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx >> >> The cause is usally that the Fonts folder has been diddled with and >> has lost its "System File" attribute. >> >> - Character > > Thanks, I'll try it. Like a charm. Thanks again.