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I have 3 font files on my desktop that I placed there temporarily to do some testing with them. I installed them "temporarily" using suitcase fusion.

However, since then I am not able to delete those fonts from my computer.
Suitcase fusion shows that they are not activated, and I have no programs open (after a fresh restart) and I can't delete those files.

In control panel > fonts window, these fonts are shown with a shortcut arrow symbol on them (what does that mean?).
I used nirsoft's "open files viewer" to see if they were open and they are shown to be open, and the process is shown as "System process"

EDIT : I also tried to delete from the control panel - it asks to confirm delete, I confirm, but it doesn't actually delete.

What can I do to delete these font files?

(Using Windows 10 Pro 64 bit)

Thanks,

David

windows-10 fonts

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2

I have 3 font files on my desktop that I placed there temporarily to do some testing with them. I installed them "temporarily" using suitcase fusion.

However, since then I am not able to delete those fonts from my computer.
Suitcase fusion shows that they are not activated, and I have no programs open (after a fresh restart) and I can't delete those files.

In control panel > fonts window, these fonts are shown with a shortcut arrow symbol on them (what does that mean?).
I used nirsoft's "open files viewer" to see if they were open and they are shown to be open, and the process is shown as "System process"

EDIT : I also tried to delete from the control panel - it asks to confirm delete, I confirm, but it doesn't actually delete.

What can I do to delete these font files?

(Using Windows 10 Pro 64 bit)

Thanks,

David

windows-10 fonts

share|improve this question

edited May 9 '16 at 23:13

DaveyD

asked May 9 '16 at 22:43

DaveyDDaveyD

35118

add a comment | 

I have 3 font files on my desktop that I placed there temporarily to do some testing with them. I installed them "temporarily" using suitcase fusion.

However, since then I am not able to delete those fonts from my computer.
Suitcase fusion shows that they are not activated, and I have no programs open (after a fresh restart) and I can't delete those files.

In control panel > fonts window, these fonts are shown with a shortcut arrow symbol on them (what does that mean?).
I used nirsoft's "open files viewer" to see if they were open and they are shown to be open, and the process is shown as "System process"

EDIT : I also tried to delete from the control panel - it asks to confirm delete, I confirm, but it doesn't actually delete.

What can I do to delete these font files?

(Using Windows 10 Pro 64 bit)

Thanks,

David

windows-10 fonts

share|improve this question

edited May 9 '16 at 23:13

DaveyD

asked May 9 '16 at 22:43

DaveyDDaveyD

35118

share|improve this question

edited May 9 '16 at 23:13

DaveyD

asked May 9 '16 at 22:43

DaveyDDaveyD

35118

share|improve this question

edited May 9 '16 at 23:13

DaveyD

asked May 9 '16 at 22:43

DaveyDDaveyD

35118

asked May 9 '16 at 22:43

DaveyDDaveyD

35118

asked May 9 '16 at 22:43

DaveyDDaveyD

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This Registry key manages fonts that the system knows about:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts

I discovered in an older answer that removing a value of that key or changing a value's data to point to a nonexistent file will make Windows not see the font as usable.

Therefore, if you remove the Registry entries that correspond to the fonts you want to torch (and then restart to make the system reload everything), you should be able to delete the fonts' files.

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edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

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answered May 9 '16 at 23:43

Ben NBen N

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  Great! After deleting those keys from the registry and a restart, I was able to delete those font files. Thanks!
  
  – DaveyD
  May 11 '16 at 3:37
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  PS> Get-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts"
  
  – JosephHarriott
  Jun 25 '18 at 6:29
  

  
  
  
  

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3

If the above does not work on Windows 10, you can also STOP and DISABLE the following two services:

1. Windows Font Cache Service


2. Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0

Reboot your computer, delete the font files, and re-enable the services by setting the Startup Type back to 'Manual'.

share|improve this answer

edited Jun 18 '17 at 22:30

Stephen Rauch

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answered Jun 18 '17 at 20:50

Hans ErlangHans Erlang

312

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  Formal note: in general you shouldn't refer to another answer as "the above". This is not a forum and there's no single answer that will always be directly above yours. Any user can sort answers by votes, time, activity. If your answer gets accepted (OP can change the accepted answer anytime) then it will be the top answer; if the third answer appears and gets upvoted more than your answer then it may be "the above". It would be better to say e.g. "Ben N's answer", because hardly ever a single user posts two answers to the question. Giving the link to the answer you refer to is the safest.
  
  – Kamil Maciorowski
  Jun 18 '17 at 22:03
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I stopped both services, then ran command prompt as admin and removed the ttf files i did not want.
  
  – Robot70
  Mar 16 '18 at 18:15
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

0

I had some fonts that were installed in my local app data folder C:/Users/<name>/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Fonts/. In order to delete them I had to delete the corresponding registry values in HKEY_CURRENT_USER:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts

I then had to sign out and in again before I could delete the fonts in File Explorer

share|improve this answer

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9

This Registry key manages fonts that the system knows about:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts

I discovered in an older answer that removing a value of that key or changing a value's data to point to a nonexistent file will make Windows not see the font as usable.

Therefore, if you remove the Registry entries that correspond to the fonts you want to torch (and then restart to make the system reload everything), you should be able to delete the fonts' files.

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community♦

1

answered May 9 '16 at 23:43

Ben NBen N

30.3k13103150

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Great! After deleting those keys from the registry and a restart, I was able to delete those font files. Thanks!
  
  – DaveyD
  May 11 '16 at 3:37
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  PS> Get-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts"
  
  – JosephHarriott
  Jun 25 '18 at 6:29
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

9

This Registry key manages fonts that the system knows about:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts

I discovered in an older answer that removing a value of that key or changing a value's data to point to a nonexistent file will make Windows not see the font as usable.

Therefore, if you remove the Registry entries that correspond to the fonts you want to torch (and then restart to make the system reload everything), you should be able to delete the fonts' files.

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community♦

1

answered May 9 '16 at 23:43

Ben NBen N

30.3k13103150

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Great! After deleting those keys from the registry and a restart, I was able to delete those font files. Thanks!
  
  – DaveyD
  May 11 '16 at 3:37
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  PS> Get-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts"
  
  – JosephHarriott
  Jun 25 '18 at 6:29
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

This Registry key manages fonts that the system knows about:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts

I discovered in an older answer that removing a value of that key or changing a value's data to point to a nonexistent file will make Windows not see the font as usable.

Therefore, if you remove the Registry entries that correspond to the fonts you want to torch (and then restart to make the system reload everything), you should be able to delete the fonts' files.

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community♦

1

answered May 9 '16 at 23:43

Ben NBen N

30.3k13103150

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community♦

1

answered May 9 '16 at 23:43

Ben NBen N

30.3k13103150

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community♦

1

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community♦

1

answered May 9 '16 at 23:43

Ben NBen N

30.3k13103150

answered May 9 '16 at 23:43

Ben NBen N

30.3k13103150

3

If the above does not work on Windows 10, you can also STOP and DISABLE the following two services:

1. Windows Font Cache Service


2. Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0

Reboot your computer, delete the font files, and re-enable the services by setting the Startup Type back to 'Manual'.

share|improve this answer

edited Jun 18 '17 at 22:30

Stephen Rauch

2,32581725

answered Jun 18 '17 at 20:50

Hans ErlangHans Erlang

312

• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Formal note: in general you shouldn't refer to another answer as "the above". This is not a forum and there's no single answer that will always be directly above yours. Any user can sort answers by votes, time, activity. If your answer gets accepted (OP can change the accepted answer anytime) then it will be the top answer; if the third answer appears and gets upvoted more than your answer then it may be "the above". It would be better to say e.g. "Ben N's answer", because hardly ever a single user posts two answers to the question. Giving the link to the answer you refer to is the safest.
  
  – Kamil Maciorowski
  Jun 18 '17 at 22:03
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I stopped both services, then ran command prompt as admin and removed the ttf files i did not want.
  
  – Robot70
  Mar 16 '18 at 18:15
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

3

If the above does not work on Windows 10, you can also STOP and DISABLE the following two services:

1. Windows Font Cache Service


2. Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0

Reboot your computer, delete the font files, and re-enable the services by setting the Startup Type back to 'Manual'.

share|improve this answer

edited Jun 18 '17 at 22:30

Stephen Rauch

2,32581725

answered Jun 18 '17 at 20:50

Hans ErlangHans Erlang

312

• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Formal note: in general you shouldn't refer to another answer as "the above". This is not a forum and there's no single answer that will always be directly above yours. Any user can sort answers by votes, time, activity. If your answer gets accepted (OP can change the accepted answer anytime) then it will be the top answer; if the third answer appears and gets upvoted more than your answer then it may be "the above". It would be better to say e.g. "Ben N's answer", because hardly ever a single user posts two answers to the question. Giving the link to the answer you refer to is the safest.
  
  – Kamil Maciorowski
  Jun 18 '17 at 22:03
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I stopped both services, then ran command prompt as admin and removed the ttf files i did not want.
  
  – Robot70
  Mar 16 '18 at 18:15
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

If the above does not work on Windows 10, you can also STOP and DISABLE the following two services:

1. Windows Font Cache Service


2. Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0

Reboot your computer, delete the font files, and re-enable the services by setting the Startup Type back to 'Manual'.

share|improve this answer

edited Jun 18 '17 at 22:30

Stephen Rauch

2,32581725

answered Jun 18 '17 at 20:50

Hans ErlangHans Erlang

312

share|improve this answer

edited Jun 18 '17 at 22:30

Stephen Rauch

2,32581725

answered Jun 18 '17 at 20:50

Hans ErlangHans Erlang

312

edited Jun 18 '17 at 22:30

Stephen Rauch

2,32581725

edited Jun 18 '17 at 22:30

Stephen Rauch

2,32581725

answered Jun 18 '17 at 20:50

Hans ErlangHans Erlang

312

answered Jun 18 '17 at 20:50

Hans ErlangHans Erlang

312

0

I had some fonts that were installed in my local app data folder C:/Users/<name>/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Fonts/. In order to delete them I had to delete the corresponding registry values in HKEY_CURRENT_USER:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts

I then had to sign out and in again before I could delete the fonts in File Explorer

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

binaryfuntbinaryfunt

5302924

add a comment | 

0

I had some fonts that were installed in my local app data folder C:/Users/<name>/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Fonts/. In order to delete them I had to delete the corresponding registry values in HKEY_CURRENT_USER:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts

I then had to sign out and in again before I could delete the fonts in File Explorer

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

binaryfuntbinaryfunt

5302924

add a comment | 

I had some fonts that were installed in my local app data folder C:/Users/<name>/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Fonts/. In order to delete them I had to delete the corresponding registry values in HKEY_CURRENT_USER:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts

I then had to sign out and in again before I could delete the fonts in File Explorer

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

binaryfuntbinaryfunt

5302924

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

binaryfuntbinaryfunt

5302924

answered yesterday

binaryfuntbinaryfunt

5302924

answered yesterday

binaryfuntbinaryfunt

5302924