PUB: Fonts Installed to System Folder on Windows NT 4.0 (160696)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Publisher 97, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
This article was previously published under Q160696

SYMPTOMS

When you install Microsoft Publisher on a computer running Microsoft Windows NT Workstation, version 4.0, the Setup program copies all the TrueType font files to the following folder: 
   C:\WinNT\System
Ideally under Windows NT 4.0, setup programs should copy font files to this folder instead: 
   C:\WinNT\Fonts

CAUSE

The Publisher Setup program determines whether you are running Windows 95 or Windows NT. It does not determine whether you have version 3.51 or version 4.0 of Windows NT. If Setup determines you have Windows NT, it always copies the font files to the \System folder, because this is where they should go under Windows NT 3.51.

RESOLUTION

It's not a problem to have font files in the WinNT\System folder. You can still use the fonts successfully. If you don't want the fonts to be there, you can move them to the \Fonts folder yourself.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Publisher 98.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/8/2003
Keywords:kbFont kbprb kbsetup KB160696
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