"Installed" fonts not showing up in Windows Fonts folder

Anonymous
2018-07-23T12:31:42+00:00

Hi guys,

Unfortunately, none of the previous answers solves my problem.

I try to install fonts. According to Windows that also works but I cannot see the installed fonts in the Windows Fonts folder and neither do they show up in Illustrator. 

When I copy a font file into the Windows Fonts folder it says "The "xxxxxx" font is already installed. Do you want to replace it?" - I click yes, but still - the font does not show.

It's not a problem of the font file as it was working previously. Same happens to hundreds of other fonts. Says they are installed but they don't show and they are not selectable in other applications.

Thanks for your help!

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-02-15T15:27:10+00:00

    Thanks for the solution, Sean. This worked a treat!

    I started experiencing this problem today, right after I've just spent two days doing a completely clean and updated installation of W10 Pro on my machine. Today is my first day using the machine for work again, and I'm utterly bemused to have experienced such a ridiculous issue. Especially considering that MS have been aware of it for over 6 months and have chosen to completely ignore it.

    MS Admins; I work in a creative industry and being able to quickly install and activate fonts, without having to delve into the command prompt every time, isn't even REMOTELY optional for me. When are you going to sort this out?

    Thanks for your solution. And glad that it worked for you. Unfortunately, it didn't work for me.  Like nothing else did so far.

    My workaround for 4 months: Create an outline of a font in illustrator on my MacBook, then copy the file to my windows machine. Luckily I don't need to do it that often, can't imagine all the designers who have this issue on a daily basis. Not surprising that they all switch to Macs.

    @Microsoft. If you really care about your customers, please put this issue on your bug list. I really hope that it doesn't take another 6 months for you to solve this.

    Thank you

    Yeah. I thought I was being really clever by switching from Mac to PC and saving a few quid. But this is just the latest in a long line of infuriatingly tedious bugs. As much as I loathe giving any money to Apple, I don't really see what choice I have if I don't want to have to keep pissing off my clients.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-02-15T15:07:56+00:00

    Thanks for the solution, Sean. This worked a treat!

    I started experiencing this problem today, right after I've just spent two days doing a completely clean and updated installation of W10 Pro on my machine. Today is my first day using the machine for work again, and I'm utterly bemused to have experienced such a ridiculous issue. Especially considering that MS have been aware of it for over 6 months and have chosen to completely ignore it.

    MS Admins; I work in a creative industry and being able to quickly install and activate fonts, without having to delve into the command prompt every time, isn't even REMOTELY optional for me. When are you going to sort this out?

    Thanks for your solution. And glad that it worked for you. Unfortunately, it didn't work for me.  Like nothing else did so far.

    My workaround for 4 months: Create an outline of a font in illustrator on my MacBook, then copy the file to my windows machine. Luckily I don't need to do it that often, can't imagine all the designers who have this issue on a daily basis. Not surprising that they all switch to Macs.

    @Microsoft. If you really care about your customers, please put this issue on your bug list. I really hope that it doesn't take another 6 months for you to solve this.

    Thank you

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-02-15T14:44:36+00:00

    same thing happened to me. i just logged off then back on.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-02-13T14:58:16+00:00

    Thanks for the solution, Sean. This worked a treat!

    I started experiencing this problem today, right after I've just spent two days doing a completely clean and updated installation of W10 Pro on my machine. Today is my first day using the machine for work again, and I'm utterly bemused to have experienced such a ridiculous issue. Especially considering that MS have been aware of it for over 6 months and have chosen to completely ignore it.

    MS Admins; I work in a creative industry and being able to quickly install and activate fonts, without having to delve into the command prompt every time, isn't even REMOTELY optional for me. When are you going to sort this out?

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-02-11T14:03:29+00:00

    I found this issue with a lot of 1803 machines. 

    One of my clients had a script that autoinstalls fonts into the Fonts directory. They're installed per the question but do not appear especially in Adobe products. 

    What I had to do is as follows:

    1. Uninstall the font from the Windows 10 Font menu
    2. Then manually reinstall the front. 
    3. Then the font should appear in the Windows Fonts folder.

    There's two places to manage fonts now and they don't seem to talk to each other. 

    It's incredibly broken and hopefully there's a better solution

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