How to delete exotic MS fonts?

This really bothers me: there are lots of fonts in my fonts folder which I
will never use: but I cannot delete them, because they were installed by
"Trusted Installer" who is the only one with full rights. If I (=
administrator) want to change that and allow my account to have full rights
for that file ,too, I just get the message that the changes were not saved.
I just can't imagine that fonts like "DaunPenh", "Mongolian Baiti", "Nyala",
"Sylfaen", "Batang & BatangChe" etc are system fonts without which my
computer wouldn't function any more.
So: How in the world can I get rid of them?? So that I do not have to scroll
through all of them e.g. in my WORD fonts display, when I want to format a
text?

hadila

Hadila

Most of these are not MS fonts, they are installed by the Adobe Acrobat
Reader application.

You can still delete these fonts, but you must take ownership and change
permissions on each individual font before you can do this.

Right click the font file and select Properties.
Select the Security Tab.
Click the Advanced Button.
Click the Owner Tab.
Click the Edit Button.
In the 'Change owner" section, select your administrator account.
Click Apply, click OK twice.

This will return you to the Security Tab.

Select your administrator account in the 'Group or user names' section.
Click the Edit Button.
Select your administrator account again.
Place a check mark in the Full Control check box.
Click OK twice.

You can now right click and delete the font file.

Throughout this process, you will get several permission prompts.

Before you ask, yes this process is long and complicated, but it is
necessary to maintain the integrity of the system.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"hadila" <> wrote in message
news:C89E5AF3-618E-4877-ABFB-...
> This really bothers me: there are lots of fonts in my fonts folder which I
> will never use: but I cannot delete them, because they were installed by
> "Trusted Installer" who is the only one with full rights. If I (=
> administrator) want to change that and allow my account to have full
> rights
> for that file ,too, I just get the message that the changes were not
> saved.
> I just can't imagine that fonts like "DaunPenh", "Mongolian Baiti",
> "Nyala",
> "Sylfaen", "Batang & BatangChe" etc are system fonts without which my
> computer wouldn't function any more.
> So: How in the world can I get rid of them?? So that I do not have to
> scroll
> through all of them e.g. in my WORD fonts display, when I want to format a
> text?
>
> hadila

Hi, Ronnie,

WOW - it DID work!
Well, now I have a handful to do - deleting a hundred or so fonts
individually, applying this, as you admit, long and complicated process to
each font one after the other...
But at least I'll get rid of them :-)

Thanks!
hadila

Hadila

Your welcome, enjoy.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"hadila" <> wrote in message
news:043C2FA5-6CF7-4BB9-B799-...
>
> Hi, Ronnie,
>
> WOW - it DID work!
> Well, now I have a handful to do - deleting a hundred or so fonts
> individually, applying this, as you admit, long and complicated process to
> each font one after the other...
> But at least I'll get rid of them :-)
>
> Thanks!
> hadila
>
>
>

This didn't work for me. I still get the "this font is being used by
another program" message. Ideas?

"MaxWedge426" wrote:

> This didn't work for me. I still get the "this font is being used by
> another program" message. Ideas?

I can't even get that far! I supposedly have administrator rights and full
control but when I click the fonts folder properties tab, I only get
<GENERAL> & <PREVIOUS VERSIONS>. Frustrating, since it's a home computer and
I am the only user!

After 3 days of screwing around with everything, I finally have full
permission to the font folder and access is still denied!

MSFT deserves credit for coming up with supreme security that ties the
user's hands yet leaves it vulnerable to anybody on the internet.

That's it for me! I'll be buying a Mac tomorrow for my design work and will
use this clunker for its intended purpose...games!

Hi, Ronnie,

I tried the process you described below. However, when I actually try
to delete the file, I get a response "This action can't be completed
because the file is open in another program". Needless to say, all
other programs are closed. If I click "Cancel', a small progress box
appears showing it is 'deleting', but the file is not deleted. (Vista
Home) - any ideas please?

Thanks
KW


On Nov 12 2007, 5:39*am, "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <r...@invalid.org> wrote:
> Hadila
>
> Most of these are not MS fonts, they are installed by the Adobe Acrobat
> Reader application.
>
> You can still delete these fonts, but you must take ownership and change
> permissions on each individual font before you can do this.
>
> Right click the font file and select Properties.
> Select the Security Tab.
> Click the Advanced Button.
> Click the Owner Tab.
> Click the Edit Button.
> In the 'Change owner" section, select your administrator account.
> Click Apply, click OK twice.
>
> This will return you to the Security Tab.
>
> Select your administrator account in the 'Group or user names' section.
> Click the Edit Button.
> Select your administrator account again.
> Place a check mark in the Full Control check box.
> Click OK twice.
>
> You can now right click and delete the font file.
>
> Throughout this process, you will get several permission prompts.
>
> Before you ask, yes this process is long and complicated, but it is
> necessary to maintain the integrity of the system.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> "hadila" <had...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:C89E5AF3-618E-4877-ABFB-...
>
>
>
> > This really bothers me: there are lots of fonts in my fonts folder whichI
> > will never use: but I cannot delete them, because they were installed by
> > "Trusted Installer" who is the only one with full rights. If I (=
> > administrator) want to change that and allow my account to have full
> > rights
> > for that file ,too, *I just get the message that the changes were not
> > saved.
> > I just can't imagine that fonts like "DaunPenh", "Mongolian Baiti",
> > "Nyala",
> > "Sylfaen", "Batang & BatangChe" etc are system fonts without which my
> > computer wouldn't function any more.
> > So: How in the world can I get rid of them?? So that I do not have to
> > scroll
> > through all of them e.g. in my WORD fonts display, when I want to formata
> > text?
>
> > hadila- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Malaise

You posted this message as a new thread, so we have no way of knowing
exactly what issue you are referring to? You need to post as a 'Reply' to
the message you talking about.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"malaise malaise" wrote in message news:...
>I have exactly the same problem as kwardil:
>
> 1.The Font is a True Type Font
> 2.I have tried the process above and it still says that the file is in use
> (I´ve closed everything)
> 3.The only action it allows is to copy it and now I have it in two
> folders!
>
> Lots of other people have this problem in Vista.
> If you solve this you are some sort of programming god and would keep me
> from being annoyed everytime I turn on the computer.

Hi Ronnie -
I use Vista Home with MS 2007 and was able to delete the exotic fonts using
the method below, however after doing so I received an error message when
opening Word "There is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display
the requested font." Memory/Disk space are not the issue. Any Ideas? I
restored the system.

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> Hadila
>
> Most of these are not MS fonts, they are installed by the Adobe Acrobat
> Reader application.
>
> You can still delete these fonts, but you must take ownership and change
> permissions on each individual font before you can do this.
>
> Right click the font file and select Properties.
> Select the Security Tab.
> Click the Advanced Button.
> Click the Owner Tab.
> Click the Edit Button.
> In the 'Change owner" section, select your administrator account.
> Click Apply, click OK twice.
>
> This will return you to the Security Tab.
>
> Select your administrator account in the 'Group or user names' section.
> Click the Edit Button.
> Select your administrator account again.
> Place a check mark in the Full Control check box.
> Click OK twice.
>
> You can now right click and delete the font file.
>
> Throughout this process, you will get several permission prompts.
>
> Before you ask, yes this process is long and complicated, but it is
> necessary to maintain the integrity of the system.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "hadila" <> wrote in message
> news:C89E5AF3-618E-4877-ABFB-...
> > This really bothers me: there are lots of fonts in my fonts folder which I
> > will never use: but I cannot delete them, because they were installed by
> > "Trusted Installer" who is the only one with full rights. If I (=
> > administrator) want to change that and allow my account to have full
> > rights
> > for that file ,too, I just get the message that the changes were not
> > saved.
> > I just can't imagine that fonts like "DaunPenh", "Mongolian Baiti",
> > "Nyala",
> > "Sylfaen", "Batang & BatangChe" etc are system fonts without which my
> > computer wouldn't function any more.
> > So: How in the world can I get rid of them?? So that I do not have to
> > scroll
> > through all of them e.g. in my WORD fonts display, when I want to format a
> > text?
> >
> > hadila
>
>