Windows 7 WORDPAD & MSPaint only able to access limited # of fonts

[Kevin Cook]

Hi ... I am a new member of SevenForums but have been a lurker for a good while

I recently upgraded my last XP machine to Windows 7 and am having a problem that I have seen discussed in several threads ... but am finding no answers

I have discovered ... on this latest machine (all are W7 Pro JFYI) that both Wordpad and MSPaint are only able to display about 1000 of my 5000 fonts ( I do a lot of graphic art ... so I have lots of fonts)

I have discovered that more 'robust' programs like Word 2007 ... Corel PhotoPaint Pro X4 ... and the latest version of Mozilla Thunderbird ... are able to access the full list of my fonts

In both Wordpad and MSPaint there is the option to SHOW MORE FONTS ... but this does not allow you to choose any outside of the context box

I have seen solutions that say you have to uninstall fonts to fix this ... this is both unacceptable ... as well as inaccurate as I do not have this problem on my other two W7 Machines

Can anyone tell me how to increase the number of fonts available in the font context box with these two programs?

 

[Golden]

Welcome Kevin.

Bongo is the man to answer this - I'll point him this way, and see if he has an answer.

Regards,
Golden

 

[Kevin Cook]

Thank you Golden ... I will also check to see if he answered this in a thread that I may have missed

 

[Kevin Cook]

Additional info ... I have repaired the SYSTEM files ... as well as the FONT files ... and also cleaned the registry

It still seems only certain programs are effected by this problem

 

[Bongo]

Welcome to the Seven Forums Kevin

I only have a little over 500 fonts installed on my computer and of course they all show up in those two programs.

Please explain in more detail what you did here

I have repaired the SYSTEM files ... as well as the FONT files ... and also cleaned the registry

Jerry

 

[Kevin Cook]

Thanks for the reply Jerry

Welcome to the Seven Forums Kevin

I only have a little over 500 fonts installed on my computer and of course they all show up in those two programs.

My other machines have the same fonts ... but do not seem to have the problem (ie they perform like your machine does)

Please explain in more detail what you did here

I have repaired the SYSTEM files ... as well as the FONT files ... and also cleaned the registry

I am a big fan of Tweak ... so when I moved to W7 I finally broke down and paid for a copy ... I used Tweak's features to A) Look for damaged system files B) repair the fonts folder C) Clean the registry

IN addition ...I have gone to the fonts folder and made sure that all of the fonts are not hidden ... this moved the 'bottom' font from the mid H's ... to the mid G's ... so this means that a few of the fonts were hidden

 

[Bongo]

What is "Tweaks" a program? Link please.

Jerry

 

[Kevin Cook]

Jeepers ... sorry ... I thought everyone had heard of Tweak as it has been around for nearly 20 years

https://www.totalidea.com/tweak-7.php

In any case ... it really didnt help ... so it may be irrelevant

 

[mitchell65]

Jeepers ... sorry ... I thought everyone had heard of Tweak as it has been around for nearly 20 years

https://www.totalidea.com/tweak-7.php

In any case ... it really didnt help ... so it may be irrelevant

IMHO You do not need any third party software of this nature with Windows 7. Indeed I consider them more of a hindrance than a help. This is Windows 7 not Windows XP!

 

[Bongo]

Most of us on here could not recommend using any kind of optimizers performance enhancer tools on Windows 7 it does not need it. What concerns me is you said you clean the registry that can do a lot of harm.

I have two recommendations for you the first one is to try a http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html and I guess as a last resort a http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

Jerry

 

[Kevin Cook]

LOL ... true ... but I figured that I owed them something as I used Tweak XP for so many years ... and there are a couple of features (In tweak) that I have yet to find how to do easily in W7 alone

 

[Kevin Cook]

Most of us on here could not recommend using any kind of optimizers performance enhancer tools on Windows 7 it does not need it. What concerns me is you said you clean the registry that can do a lot of harm.

I have two recommendations for you the first one is to try a http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html and I guess as a last resort a http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1649-clean-install-windows-7-a.html

Jerry

Thanks Jerry ... as to harm .. this is why I have savepoints

Regarging the Install repair or clean install ... I dont see how this will help ... as there is no problem with most programs ... just MSPaint and Wordpad

 

[Bongo]

You could try
Do Option 2 of this tutorial http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html it will not harm any data or programs you have installed it will try to find and repair any corrupt system files that you have.

Tweak has hosed a lot of Windows 7 computers

Jerry

 

[Kevin Cook]

Thanks again

I tried to install that twice and it was blocked by both McAfee and SpyBot

 

[Bongo]

Tried to install what?
This is a scan from Elevated Command Prompt http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1538-sfc-scannow-command-system-file-checker.html

 

[Kevin Cook]

I downloaded SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker ... and there was a setup.exe which I executed per instructions ... custom mode ... declined all of the other software ... during the installation of the SFC ... both McAfee and Spybot popped up and blocked the install

In regard to an earlier statement ... the performance enhancing features of Tweak ... I specifically blocked those from ever running as I have a Hex core 3.3 with SSD ... so my performance should be fine for years to come

I am going to try to find a mspaint alternative today ... it looks like paint.net may be the best ... I <can> do my lettering in Corel ... but it is such a clunky interface

 

[mitchell65]

Forgive me from jumping in here but I have been following this thread with interest but now I am lost. There is nothing to download, SFC /scannow is a line of text to enter into a command prompt. What exactly did you "download" and where did you download it from?

 

[Kevin Cook]

THANKS very much for weighing in Michell65

This clears up a lot

To be honest .... I am not sure what I downloaded ... but it was billed as SFC - Scannow ... and as I have looked at at least 30 pages about this subject ... I dont recall exactly which site I used ... I am just glad it was caught as it likely was some sort of malware

Now that I understand that SFC is a Windows command ... I am in the process of executing it

===================================================

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 9% complete.

===================================================

Thanks again ... I will report on the results once complete

 

[Kevin Cook]

Results of scan

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

============================================

Checked MSPaint ... my last font displayed before the "Show more fonts" is Gothic720 Lt Bt

Checked WordPad ... same results as MSPaint

 

[mitchell65]

Well I don't undestand how you got there but your command prompt was wrong. You should have seen this: