Lost All But 3 of WinXP Fonts. HELP!

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In news:EECB9C8F-7FEA-4F86-99F2-72E38B0DC580@microsoft.com,
ganymede <ganymede@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Earlier this evening I was using a program called System Mechanic
> which is supposed to clean up your system, remove unnecessary files,
> fix broken short cuts, etc. Well, after running this program, all
> the fonts on my desktop disappeared and was replaced by symbols and
> gibberish. Nothing on the desktop is readable. The same is true of
> all dislog boxes, windows, and menus. I checked the Windows Fonts
> directory and it appears still intack but obviously the OS doesn't
> seem to know that. I did a registry restore but that didn't solve
> the problem. What do I do now short of reinstalling XP?

Try using the full restore capability with Windows. Start > Programs >
Accessories > System Tools > Restore

Or just start > run > and copy/paste this in:
%SystemRoot%\System32\restore\rstrui.exe

Don't use System Mechanic to find and remove duplicate files unless you're
very careful.

Galen
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Signature changed for a moment of silence.
Rest well Alex and we'll see you on the other side.

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I'm having the same problem. I can reinstall fonts but as soon as I close the
font folder the fonts vanish. System Restore reports that there "Have been no
changes to your computer" so that didn't work. Please help

"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> As Galen has told you how you might recover, I will just add that the font
> you are seeing is called 'Martlett'.. cool, eh
>
> Mike Hall
> MVP - Windows Shell/user
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> "ganymede" <ganymede@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EECB9C8F-7FEA-4F86-99F2-72E38B0DC580@microsoft.com...
> > Earlier this evening I was using a program called System Mechanic which is
> > supposed to clean up your system, remove unnecessary files, fix broken
> > short
> > cuts, etc. Well, after running this program, all the fonts on my desktop
> > disappeared and was replaced by symbols and gibberish. Nothing on the
> > desktop is readable. The same is true of all dislog boxes, windows, and
> > menus. I checked the Windows Fonts directory and it appears still intack
> > but
> > obviously the OS doesn't seem to know that. I did a registry restore but
> > that didn't solve the problem. What do I do now short of reinstalling XP?
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