Change Location of Fonts Dir


  1. Posts : 178
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Retail
       #1

    Change Location of Fonts Dir


    Hi everyone,

    I'm getting tired of backing up every new Win7 Build so I thought to chuck all my data on my 2nd HDD and that way backups won't be needed.

    There's only one thing...Fonts.

    I want to change the default C:\Windows\Fonts Dir to D:\Fonts

    I have changed the reg entry HKCU/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWS/CURRENTVERSION/EXPLORER/SHELL FOLDERS

    and restarted, but there hasn't been a change, all fonts still go to C:\Windows\Fonts.

    Is there anyway of doing this?

    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 39
    7229
       #2

    I think the problem you are having is due to MS's transition to relational database friendly OS. The registry will be non-existent or minimal in future MS operating systems as a result of this transition. The configuration for the system directories is apparently one of the early parts affected.

    If this is the case, I don't know how to fix it, but I know where you'll want to look. Your problem will have to do with setting the value of FOLDERID_Fonts (CSIDL_FONTS). I would venture to guess that this is set by some .msc configuration application, likely one in the system32\en-US\ folder.

    Good luck
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  3. Posts : 178
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Retail
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I can't seem to find it, I've just given up now, hopefully there is some sort of tweaking app that I can make do this.
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  4. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit
       #4

    Hey could you tell me what's the name of that app you're talking about please?
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