Install ttf in vista

I'm having the same issue. I use an installer that is has an embedded manifest which says to run as an administrator, yet my fonts do not get installed in to the font directory. Any ideas? Thursday, November 16, PM. Is this problem normal Tobyb. Sunday, February 25, PM. Proposed as answer by zgrm Tuesday, March 31, AM.

Tuesday, February 27, PM. Did you ever find a solution to installing TTF fonts in Vista? Monday, March 5, PM. Toby b. Tuesday, March 6, PM. Thanks for any ideas. Wednesday, March 7, PM. Try copying the fonts first to you local hard drive that vista is installed on C: by default.

Vista would not let me install fonts from a network drive or second hard drive. I had to move it to a folder on the C: Drive first, then install the fonts. Thursday, March 15, AM. Friday, March 16, PM. Please see my earlier posts on this thread. Saturday, March 31, PM. I have had the same problem. Tried everything metioned in this topic and nothing helped. Hope this helps! Sunday, April 1, AM. Monday, April 9, PM. The simple answer. In vista, even to so much OPEN the font files whether they are.

Simple as that. Tuesday, April 24, PM. Friday, August 3, PM. Jusr right-click on the. Friday, August 10, AM. Many Thanks. Saturday, September 22, PM. I had absolutely no problems at all with installing ttf fonts. No matter where I had them network drives, another PC, etc. The only messages I got were a duplicate warning, but all else went flawlessly. Sunday, November 18, PM. I cannot install TrueType fonts because Vista doesn't even see the fonts in the folder.

Wednesday, November 21, PM. Saturday, December 15, AM. Monday, December 17, AM. Thursday, January 10, PM. I can reinstall but once I log off, they disappear from apps again. Anyone else seeing this? Have you tried taking owner ship of the file, and of the folder, you have to use cmd in evelated mode, right click run as admin. First you need to take ownership of the file. Next, you need to give your account full control permissions on the file.

Wednesday, February 20, PM. I'm wondering if my problem is related. I have a collection of fonts from "Intellitype" that I bought in the mid's that have been perfectly happy with every version of Windows up to now. Even after copying them to the hard drive, attempts to install them lead to an error message "not a valid font.

Wednesday, May 28, PM. Good luck, Everyone. Thursday, May 29, PM. This worked perfectly. Thank you so much for the suggestion.

Sunday, September 14, PM. Thursday, October 9, PM. Was this the problem or I am missing it? Tuesday, December 2, PM. Wow, thanks so much for this invaluable tip to copy the fonts into a folder on the C drive, and THEN transfer to the Fonts folder. I thought I was going nuts - thank god for this forum!

Why does Vista have this strange problem with TTF fonts? Tuesday, March 10, AM. Yes, it works fine. If the TTF file is located either on a network drive aka the usual way to share specific fonts on a network or on a USB drive, this will not work.

Part of the so-called Vista enhanced security??? Anyway, saved the day. And had to add a script to the logon script to copy fonts locally, then copy them again to the Fonts directory, then erase the local copy. Faster then going to each and every workstation on our network.

But, if your users are not local admins, forget it, you will still have to go on each workstation and logon as an admin. Pain in the neck. Guess what? We are considering re-deploying XP on all workstations Tuesday, March 31, AM. Saturday, April 4, AM. Thanks Michael hey mate not sure if you tried already, but right click on the TFF file wherever it is on your hdd and select 'install' Saturday, August 29, PM. All of the above failed for me.

I had to disable UAC and that seemed to work for me. Saturday, October 24, PM. Saturday, January 9, PM. Instantly share code, notes, and snippets. Last active Nov 27, Code Revisions 21 Stars 19 Forks Embed What would you like to do?

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