I tried to reclaim a missing font and followed advice from a website and now I don't have any fonts, Help.

Question

Here is the advice from freakin' 1999 which I didn't see till later.

Are You Missing Fonts from the Fonts Folder? (All Windows)

A font may seem to be installed correctly but does not appear in the Fonts folder because the Fonts key in the registry is missing or damaged.

Move the contents of the Fonts folder to an empty folder. By opening the Fonts folder, select all the fonts, copy them, and paste them to a new folder.

Open your registry and find the key below appropriate to your operating system. Highlight the key and press DELETE. Once the key has been deleted create a new key to replace it, by selecting Edit -> New -> Key and name the new key [Fonts].

Restart the computer, then re-install the fonts by opening the Control Panel, double-click on 'Fonts'. And from the File menu select 'Install New Fonts...' adding the fonts that were previously copied to the temporary directory.

Windows 95
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Fonts]

Windows NT
[HKEY_L

I did put the fonts back in the new font folder I made, but every time I restart my comp. they're gone and I have to do it again and again..

Answer 1

I would suggest you do a system restore to the point before you followed that suggestion.

Answer 2

Control panel, classic view, fonts. Then File, install new font, and look for the fonts in the directory you copied them to. Be sure to tick the box for copy to fonts folder.

Answer 3

So let me understand you......

You were instructed to copy the fonts into an empty folder.
Why not copy them back from the empty folder to the original folder?