Windows Err Msg: No Fonts Installed (Control Panel) (71817)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.0
This article was previously published under Q71817

SYMPTOMS

If you run Microsoft Windows 3.0 with no screen fonts specified in the [FONTS] section of your WIN.INI file and you choose the Fonts icon in the Control Panel window, Windows generates the message:
No Fonts Installed
If you choose OK in this dialog box, Windows the Add Font Files menu is displayed. When you try to add fonts, the following inaccurate error message is displayed:
Font Already Installed
You are not allowed to add any fonts.

RESOLUTION

To add fonts, you must first edit the [FONTS] section of your WIN.INI file to contain at least one font (adding the Modern font is recommended because this font is installed in every Windows installation).

Follow these steps:
  1. Using any text editor, edit the [FONTS] section of WIN.INI by adding the following line:

    Modern (All res)=MODERN.FON

  2. Exit the text editor, then use Control Panel to add fonts.
  3. Restart (reboot) Windows to save your changes.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/7/2005
Keywords:KB71817
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