Re: Edit permissions for Fonts folder

"Chufflebean" <Chufflebean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:DAB18F7C-48E0-466A-A74C-9DC59EECD358@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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?



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.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/



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