"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. Paul Chou 1,461 Reputation points
    2019-03-18T15:47:43+00:00

    hi there:

    You should try creating a new user account. It is possible that the current account is corrupted. Another solution is deleting all the fonts in the folder and then installing it again.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-03-01T03:28:21+00:00

    I have the same problem. The only solución i found is to copy the Fonts folder from C to say the desktop. On the desktop you can see all fonts. In my case after moving the folder I could see all the files from C:\windows\fonts and also the files from the Fonts folder on the desktop. 

    I did this and on the desktop fonts folder I see all my fonts. HOWEVER this doesn't help me as they are still unavailable in Word, etc.

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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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  5. Anonymous
    2018-10-29T23:51:40+00:00

    Try Total Commander or cmd with "del" command

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