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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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One more note. For me (on laptop running windows 10 pro) the apparent reason the font was 'in use by system' and couldn't be uninstalled was due to Skype. I can't remember how I discovered the service had a handle to the ttf file... but I tried uninstalling Skype (I happen not to use it on laptop), and I can always properly uninstall fonts now. I did not have the same issue on my Desktop computer (also Win 10 Pro), so your mileage may vary.
This works, but at least for me the dos prompt was backwards. You want to be in the Windows font folder and copy to the new folders. So cd\windows\fonts copy *.* c:\fonts worked for me.
The problem is the fonts are there, but not visible. Updating does not good. The fonts remain not visible. This is absurd. And I must say, classic Windows, circa 1989.
FWIW I did confirm on a second Win 10 machine that was having the same issue (not being able to delete fonts properly because they are 'in use') that uninstalling Skype worked for me (even if you don't use Skype). In my case I didn't even need to reboot.
I am surprised that no one mentioned this yet but the issue on my Windows 7 PC English language pack, seems to be related to the fact that all of the non-functioning fonts are for languages other than English, Latin or "not specified" Hopefully MS support will pick up on this and fix the bug.
