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Hiding Foreign Language Fonts in Vista

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    Hiding Foreign Language Fonts in Vista

    Does anyone know how I could hide the various, non-deleteable foreign language fonts so they won't show up in my drop-down fonts lists? scrolling through all these useless fonts takes a lot of time, and I'll never use them. I tried to delete them, even when logged in as owner and administrator, taking ownership, etc., but have found no solution myself after trying all the solutions that were posted on this forum. HELP!!!


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    Re: Hiding Foreign Language Fonts in Vista

    1. Open Fonts by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Fonts.
    2. Click the font that you want to uninstall. To select more than one font at a time, press and hold down CTRL while you click each font.
    3. On the File menu, click Delete.
    If you don’t see the File menu, press ALT.

    Hope this helps

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    Re: Hiding Foreign Language Fonts in Vista

    That doesn't work for these fonts -- they were installed with the OS and are protected by Microsoft/Trusted Installer. Anyone else?

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    Re: Hiding Foreign Language Fonts in Vista

    You'll have to outsmart the trusted installer as described here: ( How to Delete a System File in Windows Vista :: the How-To Geek )

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    Re: Hiding Foreign Language Fonts in Vista

    Geek-dom Rules! Thankyou! It's a dirty job, and now I can do it!

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    Re: Hiding Foreign Language Fonts in Vista

    No problem. Any time.

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