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30 Jul 2024 04:21:35 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Internet research problem #45784  
From: Alain
Date: 11 Apr 2011 12:49:37
Message: <4da33121@news.povray.org>
Le 2011/04/11 11:38, Darren New a écrit :
> On 4/6/2011 10:04, Alain wrote:
>> By the way, anybody know how to repair the windows fonts folder that
>> stopped
>> to works as intended? I can't install new fonts and the folder acts just
>> like a regular folder. On Win XP.
>
> I'm guessing you deleted the desktop.ini hidden system file from the
> directory, which is what tells Explorer that it's an unusual folder. See
> if putting these two lines into a file in your font folder called
> desktop.ini and making it hidden and system does the trick. It has the
> secret GUID code that tells Explorer what to invoke to modify what it
> displays.
>
> [.ShellClassInfo]
> UICLSID={BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948F534}
>

That was it, sort of!

The file WAS there, and it's content /looked/ identical, but it seems 
that there was something wrong with the content, like an invisible 
control character in the string...

Sherry, your proposition was the very first thing that I tried.


Alain


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