cannot delete Tahoma font

I want to delete the Tahoma font from the Fonts folder in Vista and
instead manage it with a font program I have installed so that I can
activate and deactivate it as required.

Vista won't allow me to delete it, instead this message appears:

"This action can't be completed because the file is open in another
program Close the file and try again"

During the delete process I have all programs closed. I have tried
deleting with certain processes not running but still no luck.

Is there any way to determine which program is using the font? Any ideas
how I can delete it?

Thanks for any help!
Marty

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:28:55 +1000, marty <> wrote:

>I want to delete the Tahoma font from the Fonts folder in Vista and
>instead manage it with a font program I have installed so that I can
>activate and deactivate it as required.
>
>Vista won't allow me to delete it, instead this message appears:
>
>"This action can't be completed because the file is open in another
>program Close the file and try again"

I believe that it's a System Font... in other words, leave it alone.

>During the delete process I have all programs closed. I have tried
>deleting with certain processes not running but still no luck.
>
>Is there any way to determine which program is using the font? Any ideas
>how I can delete it?
>
>Thanks for any help!
>Marty

Sounds like "Tahoma" is the main font being used by the operating system;
therefore you can't delete it because it's in use. The program using the
font is Windows Vista itself.

"marty" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> I want to delete the Tahoma font from the Fonts folder in Vista and
> instead manage it with a font program I have installed so that I can
> activate and deactivate it as required.
>
> Vista won't allow me to delete it, instead this message appears:
>
> "This action can't be completed because the file is open in another
> program Close the file and try again"
>
> During the delete process I have all programs closed. I have tried
> deleting with certain processes not running but still no luck.
>
> Is there any way to determine which program is using the font? Any ideas
> how I can delete it?
>
> Thanks for any help!
> Marty

IIRC, Vista uses Segoe and Segoe UI. I think XP used Tahoma. Arial is also
used. All three could be protected.

"Andrew Murray" <ad-ANTI-> wrote in message
news:749BC3CC-E8B5-4A9D-B9F3-...
> Sounds like "Tahoma" is the main font being used by the operating system;
> therefore you can't delete it because it's in use. The program using the
> font is Windows Vista itself.
>
> "marty" <> wrote in message
> news:#...
>> I want to delete the Tahoma font from the Fonts folder in Vista and
>> instead manage it with a font program I have installed so that I can
>> activate and deactivate it as required.
>>
>> Vista won't allow me to delete it, instead this message appears:
>>
>> "This action can't be completed because the file is open in another
>> program Close the file and try again"
>>
>> During the delete process I have all programs closed. I have tried
>> deleting with certain processes not running but still no luck.
>>
>> Is there any way to determine which program is using the font? Any ideas
>> how I can delete it?
>>
>> Thanks for any help!
>> Marty
>

Actually, I was able to eventually uninstall Tahoma from Vista using
this program http://www.proximasoftware.com/fontexpert/ .

It uninstalls on system restart. My Vista machine still works fine.


Colin Barnhorst wrote:
> IIRC, Vista uses Segoe and Segoe UI. I think XP used Tahoma. Arial is
> also used. All three could be protected.
>
> "Andrew Murray" <ad-ANTI-> wrote in message
> news:749BC3CC-E8B5-4A9D-B9F3-...
>> Sounds like "Tahoma" is the main font being used by the operating
>> system; therefore you can't delete it because it's in use. The
>> program using the font is Windows Vista itself.
>>
>> "marty" <> wrote in message
>> news:#...
>>> I want to delete the Tahoma font from the Fonts folder in Vista and
>>> instead manage it with a font program I have installed so that I can
>>> activate and deactivate it as required.
>>>
>>> Vista won't allow me to delete it, instead this message appears:
>>>
>>> "This action can't be completed because the file is open in another
>>> program Close the file and try again"
>>>
>>> During the delete process I have all programs closed. I have tried
>>> deleting with certain processes not running but still no luck.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to determine which program is using the font? Any
>>> ideas how I can delete it?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help!
>>> Marty