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I doubt it is what you think. When a Fonts folder has the System
attribute, many if not all files with the FON extension get hidden. Is it possible that the number of FON files in your backup folder would account for the discrepancy? -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "Tuttle" wrote in message ... Further information: Yes indeed, you were absolutely right. There was a mirroring effect occurring, but in the opposite direction from what we thought. We thought that the true FONTS folder on the PC was mirroring, and I even thought it was automatically installing, fonts from the backup copy of FONTS on the external drive, it wasn't. The reason the number of fonts was identical in each folder was that the active FONTS folder on the PC was somehow causing the backup copy to display the same total and same list of fonts. After removing the System attribute from the backup copy, and deleting its Desktop.ini, and rebooting, now the external fonts backup is a normal folder. Lo and behold, that backup now shows far more fonts than before. It did not list them in the total previously, and I could not see them, because the active FONTS folder on the PC was somehow hiding them and causing the backup to display identical information. Weird stuff. Thanks very much for your help, and thanks to Alan Edwards for his help. What was it in the backup fonts folder that caused this weird mirroring? Was it the System attribute or the Desktop.ini file? "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Sorry, I was under the impression that a mirroring effect was going on, that you had already found that when the USB drive was disabled, a different set of fonts was shown in the C:\Windows\FONTS folder. When you reinstalled your system, especially if you reinstalled all the same applications, you will have also reinstalled all the same fonts as you had before. I was just suggesting that before you delete the backup fonts folder, you make *sure* that you really have them all installed. If the backup folder no longer has the System attribute (there's only one "backup fonts" folder, right?), you can be fairly certain that what you see in the current FONTS folder is real. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "Tuttle" wrote in message ... "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... That isn't the command you want.You want to remove the System attribute from the folder, not from the files within the folder. E:\attrib -s FONTS Thanks. That worked! Don't delete the folder. While it *appears* that all of the fonts have been automatically installed to your new system, they haven't. Those files you see in the C:\Windows\FONTS folder aren't really there. Those are mirrors of what's in the other fonts folder. Not that I would ever doubt you, but are you sure? When I reboot the PC, and the external drive is powered off, my real Fonts folder shows the full list of my fonts, the identical number of fonts as on the copy. |
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In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, "Tuttle"
wrote: Further information: Yes indeed, you were absolutely right. There was a mirroring effect occurring, but in the opposite direction from what we thought. We thought that the true FONTS folder on the PC was mirroring, and I even thought it was automatically installing, fonts from the backup copy of FONTS on the external drive, it wasn't. The reason the number of fonts was identical in each folder was that the active FONTS folder on the PC was somehow causing the backup copy to display the same total and same list of fonts. Yes, that is the way the mirroring system works from hazy memory. I haven't done it myself for many years, since I had Win95. After removing the System attribute from the backup copy, and deleting its Desktop.ini, and rebooting, now the external fonts backup is a normal folder. Lo and behold, that backup now shows far more fonts than before. It did not list them in the total previously, and I could not see them, because the active FONTS folder on the PC was somehow hiding them and causing the backup to display identical information. Weird stuff. Thanks very much for your help, and thanks to Alan Edwards for his help. What was it in the backup fonts folder that caused this weird mirroring? Was it the System attribute or the Desktop.ini file? I have always thought you need both, but it has been reported to me that you may get a mirror effect with just the System attribute. It may not be exactly the same as if there was a Desktop.ini present. As I do not wish to go down that path again, if you really want that answer, you may have to either experiment or research. You may have a look at a previous thread where Rick had reported findings. http://groups-beta.google.com/groups...n+edwards%2 2 (The second thread in the above) ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/index.html |
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"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... I doubt it is what you think. When a Fonts folder has the System attribute, many if not all files with the FON extension get hidden. Is it possible that the number of FON files in your backup folder would account for the discrepancy? Nope, I just checked. There are a ton of .ttf (TrueType) font files in the backup that are not present on the PC. But when that backup Fonts folder had the System attribute and the Desktop.ini file, all those extra fonts were hidden from me. |
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Only showing what's listed in the Registry (what's installed)? It's been
a long while since I played with fonts in earnest in Win98. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm "Tuttle" wrote in message ... "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... I doubt it is what you think. When a Fonts folder has the System attribute, many if not all files with the FON extension get hidden. Is it possible that the number of FON files in your backup folder would account for the discrepancy? Nope, I just checked. There are a ton of .ttf (TrueType) font files in the backup that are not present on the PC. But when that backup Fonts folder had the System attribute and the Desktop.ini file, all those extra fonts were hidden from me. |
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"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message ... Only showing what's listed in the Registry (what's installed)? It's been a long while since I played with fonts in earnest in Win98. I suspect that's what's happening. I don't know whether it's the System attribute or the Desktop.ini file that accomplishes that, but that seems to be what was occurring. |
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