| Subject: Edit permissions for Fonts folder |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 7/6/2008 8:02:03 PM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?Q2h1ZmZsZWJlYW4=?= [Email Address Protection] |
I'm trying to delete a bunch of extraneous fonts, but Windows won't let me delete them because of Permissions. Currently I'm having to open the properties of each font individually, change the owner to me, close the properties, reopen them, and give myself the right permissions. There must be a faster way! I wanted to apply these permission settings to the whole Fonts folder, but when I right-click Fonts and choose properties, there is no "security" tab. |
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| Subject: Re: Edit permissions for Fonts folder |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 7/7/2008 7:29:04 AM |
| From: "Kerry Brown" [Email Address Protection] |
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/f144ad40-bc63-43f1-a06e-4cc6b22bde301033.mspx#EZC -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ "Chufflebean" <Chufflebean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9A7B98FA-21CC-47F6-8BEE-2551ACDE17C2@microsoft.com... > I'm trying to delete a bunch of extraneous fonts, but Windows won't let me > delete them because of Permissions. Currently I'm having to open the > properties of each font individually, change the owner to me, close the > properties, reopen them, and give myself the right permissions. There must > be > a faster way! I wanted to apply these permission settings to the whole > Fonts > folder, but when I right-click Fonts and choose properties, there is no > "security" tab. |
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| Subject: Re: Edit permissions for Fonts folder |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 7/11/2008 1:33:57 PM |
| From: Nonny [Email Address Protection] |
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:21:01 -0700, Chufflebean <Chufflebean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >However, while in the command prompt, I noticed something interesting. I >know very VERY little about doing stuff with the cmd prompt, but I do know >that typing "dir" will list the contents of the folder you're in. I did that >while in the Windows folder, and "Fonts" did not appear on the list. >This makes me wonder if the fonts are REALLY stored elsewhere--somewhere >that I could access and apply security settings in the normal way. Go in there again. This time instead of doing a "dir", do a "cd fonts". It's there. |
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| Subject: Re: Edit permissions for Fonts folder |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 7/11/2008 3:55:43 PM |
| From: John Amendall [Email Address Protection] |
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:42:00 -0700, Chufflebean <Chufflebean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Now, however, I get messages telling me I can't delete some of them because >they're being used by another program!! Even when I have no other programs >running!! If anyone can shed some light on that, I'd be much obliged. Those are SYSTEM FONTS. Leave them alone. |
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| Subject: Re: Edit permissions for Fonts folder |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.security |
| Date: 7/11/2008 3:59:59 PM |
| From: Nonny [Email Address Protection] |
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:42:00 -0700, Chufflebean <Chufflebean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Well, I tried one more thing...while trying to fix another problem, I ran >across this blog post about fixing problems with permissions using SubInAcl >(http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/09/04/739820.aspx). > >I ran it. It came up with some errors, but it ran. I'm not sure if it's what >solved the problem, or if it was a delayed response to some of the other >things I tried, but ever since running it, I've had permission to delete the >fonts. > >Now, however, I get messages telling me I can't delete some of them because >they're being used by another program!! Even when I have no other programs >running!! If anyone can shed some light on that, I'd be much obliged. Those are system fonts. What is it with your quest to delete fonts? Is it an obsessive-compulsive thing about getting rid of everything you don't use? Are you extremely short on drive space? What? |
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