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Large Collection of Fonts, Can't move or delete any of them
I have a huge collection of mostly legacy, currently unused fonts in a folder called MyFonts on my D drive (non-system HD). I noticed that one of these old files had a wonky way-future date, and therefore was getting backed up every day for no good reason. I have had success editing the Modified Date with Attribute Changer, but that failed in this case.
So I thought I would just delete the font file and get on with my life. But noooo...
"The action can't be completed because the file is open in System"
So I can't change the attributes, I can't delete it, I can't move it. So I ran something I had lying around called deletelockedfolder (dot bat) which successfully changed the ownership of all 8000+ files in MyFonts folder to me, the admin, which has worked in the past for other issues, but still no change here.
Most interestingly, ALL FONTS in the MyFonts folder have the same problem, I can't move or delete them. I first just tested one or two as an experiment, thinking they would be fine, since they don't have the date problem, but they also are "open in System" when I try to delete them. JUST FONT FILES, other non-font files in the same folder are fine.
None of these fonts are among my actual system Fonts, or at least I can't see them in the Fonts control panel. Since I got this new Win7-64 desktop, which does not run Adobe Type Manager, I don't think I have installed ANY fonts in there. And certainly not the dozens of random crappy old ttf's I tested and could not delete.
Sorry to go on, this is a puzzler, any ideas appreciated, thanks.
UPDATE: I have solved the date problem with the one file, by using Unblocker to create a copy on the desktop, change the date, and move it back in to MyFonts folder. The situation remains, though, that presumably all 8000+ font files (.ttf and others) in MyFonts are unable to be moved or deleted. Thanks for any ideas.
Bob
Last edited by rgdaniel; 06 Jul 2016 at 20:53. Reason: Update