-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fonts Tutorial
- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 16:45:44 -0600
G, you have done it again!!!! Emerald Isle is back after running CHKDSK.
Honestly I thought it was wasted effort but it is now in both folders and
both functional.
More later--and more questions.
Sandi
----- Original Message -----
From: "GMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 2:21 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Fonts Tutorial
> Sandi,
> I will never suggest abandoning a poor, lost & helpless font without
> first trying to repair the damage (or at least seeing what happens when
> the
> procedure is reversed). I just checked the single font that I
> experimented
> on and the one in the Windows Fonts folder is still showing as a shortcut
> with a path statement back to my font storage folder (although it weighs
> in
> at the full size of the original font), while the original font in that
> storage folder is still completely intact and showing no worse for wear.
> This does make me wonder why it would act differently on your machine.
> You're absolutely sure that no copy (shortcut or otherwise) is showing a
> decent size for the font? Try running CHKDSK to see if perhaps the font
> has
> been the victim of corruption. It's also possible that the font may have
> somehow moved itself into your main Temp folder (usually found at
> C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Local Settings\Temp) or even in the
> Temporary Internet Files folder. That last location is difficult to
> examine, so I use ACDSee (an image viewer app) to look through the
> contents
> every once in a while. If you already have a decent 3rd party image
> viewing
> app installed, see if it'll allow you to see all of the files in there.
> You
> may have to change the options to show hidden files and to not exclude
> non-images.
>
> Of course, it might also be related to the length of the path to your
> My
> Docs folder since path statements in RAM are limited (different versions
> of
> Windows have different limits). But this is extremely easy to fix. Using
> Windows Explorer, go to Documents and Setting > Joyce, Right grab (use the
> Right mouse button) the My Documents folder and drag it to another
> location.
> When you let go, choose Move form the context menu. The Registry will
> automatically update itself with the new location and nothing else needs
> to
> be done to confirm it (this also works for your Favorites folder, if
> you're
> interested). My strongest suggestion would be to move it to the root
> directory of a different partition so that it's protected just in case of
> a
> possible future corrupted Windows installation. If you Move it directly
> off
> the root folder (i.e. D:\My Documents), the path will have shrunk by 26
> characters. You can make it even shorter by renaming the folder to
> something like "MyDocs" which will shrink it another 6 characters.
>
> Incidentally, I can send you the Emerald Isle font if you find that
> you're unable to recover your copy of it. :O)
>
> Peace,
> GMan
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
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