Edit permissions for Fonts folder

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Chufflebean

I'm trying to delete a bunch of extraneous fonts, but Windows won't let me
delete them because of Permissions. Currently I'm having to open the
properties of each font individually, change the owner to me, close the
properties, reopen them, and give myself the right permissions. There must be
a faster way! I wanted to apply these permission settings to the whole Fonts
folder, but when I right-click Fonts and choose properties, there is no
"security" tab.
 
you could try opening a commend window in administrator mode,
navigating to the c:\windows\fonts folder and deleting from there.
 
None of these suggestions solved my problem (Unlocker couldn't find a locking
handle for the fonts folder, and didn't appear on the context menu for any of
the fonts in it, and trying to delete the fonts from a command prompt just
gave me an "access denied" message).

However, while in the command prompt, I noticed something interesting. I
know very VERY little about doing stuff with the cmd prompt, but I do know
that typing "dir" will list the contents of the folder you're in. I did that
while in the Windows folder, and "Fonts" did not appear on the list.

This makes me wonder if the fonts are REALLY stored elsewhere--somewhere
that I could access and apply security settings in the normal way.

Any thoughts?
 
However, while in the command prompt, I noticed something interesting. I
know very VERY little about doing stuff with the cmd prompt, but I do know
that typing "dir" will list the contents of the folder you're in. I did that
while in the Windows folder, and "Fonts" did not appear on the list.
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This makes me wonder if the fonts are REALLY stored elsewhere--somewhere
that I could access and apply security settings in the normal way.
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Go in there again. This time instead of doing a "dir", do a "cd
fonts".

It's there.
 
Well, I tried one more thing...while trying to fix another problem, I ran
across this blog post about fixing problems with permissions using SubInAcl
(http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/09/04/739820.aspx).

I ran it. It came up with some errors, but it ran. I'm not sure if it's what
solved the problem, or if it was a delayed response to some of the other
things I tried, but ever since running it, I've had permission to delete the
fonts.

Now, however, I get messages telling me I can't delete some of them because
they're being used by another program!! Even when I have no other programs
running!! If anyone can shed some light on that, I'd be much obliged.
 
Now, however, I get messages telling me I can't delete some of them because
they're being used by another program!! Even when I have no other programs
running!! If anyone can shed some light on that, I'd be much obliged.
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Those are SYSTEM FONTS.

Leave them alone.
 
Well, I tried one more thing...while trying to fix another problem, I ran
across this blog post about fixing problems with permissions using SubInAcl
(http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/09/04/739820.aspx).

I ran it. It came up with some errors, but it ran. I'm not sure if it's what
solved the problem, or if it was a delayed response to some of the other
things I tried, but ever since running it, I've had permission to delete the
fonts.

Now, however, I get messages telling me I can't delete some of them because
they're being used by another program!! Even when I have no other programs
running!! If anyone can shed some light on that, I'd be much obliged.
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Those are system fonts.

What is it with your quest to delete fonts? Is it an
obsessive-compulsive thing about getting rid of everything you don't
use? Are you extremely short on drive space?

What?
 
Yeah, it's definitely an obsessive-compulsive thing. I figure if Windows
really needs to display something in Korean, I can reinstall the font, and in
the meantime, it can stay out of my way.

Thanks for your concerns about my mental health! :D
 
Chufflebean said:
None of these suggestions solved my problem (Unlocker couldn't find a
locking
handle for the fonts folder, and didn't appear on the context menu for any
of
the fonts in it, and trying to delete the fonts from a command prompt just
gave me an "access denied" message).

However, while in the command prompt, I noticed something interesting. I
know very VERY little about doing stuff with the cmd prompt, but I do know
that typing "dir" will list the contents of the folder you're in. I did
that
while in the Windows folder, and "Fonts" did not appear on the list.

This makes me wonder if the fonts are REALLY stored elsewhere--somewhere
that I could access and apply security settings in the normal way.

Any thoughts?
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Do you have UAC turned off? If you do try turning it back on then changing
the permissions. The other option would be to use icacls from an elevated
command prompt.
 
Try dir /a instead.

Chufflebean said:
None of these suggestions solved my problem (Unlocker couldn't find a
locking
handle for the fonts folder, and didn't appear on the context menu for any
of
the fonts in it, and trying to delete the fonts from a command prompt just
gave me an "access denied" message).

However, while in the command prompt, I noticed something interesting. I
know very VERY little about doing stuff with the cmd prompt, but I do know
that typing "dir" will list the contents of the folder you're in. I did
that
while in the Windows folder, and "Fonts" did not appear on the list.

This makes me wonder if the fonts are REALLY stored elsewhere--somewhere
that I could access and apply security settings in the normal way.

Any thoughts?
Click to expand...
 
Hi All,
Windows 2008 has come up with a new concept where C:\WIndows folder is given

By default only the TrusedInstaller group is having Full Control permission
for any file under C:\Windows. Even the Administrator is denied of Full
Control permission for security reasons.

To edit any of the file say for example(C:\Windows\Inf\sceregvl.inf file)
1. U need to take the ownership of the file logging in as Administrator
2. Grant Administrator full control.
3. Edit the file

Please find the code that u need to execute
Step1 : C:\Windows\inf>takeown /f sceregvl.inf
O/P : SUCCESS: The file (or folder): "C:\Windows\inf\sceregvl.inf" now
owned by user "WIN2008-DC-74-9\Administrator".

Step2 : C:\Windows\inf>icacls sceregvl.inf /grant Administrators:(F)
O/P : processed file: sceregvl.inf
Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files


Hope this solves ur problem :)

Regards
Aravind
 
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