Repair font folder windows xp

Fix Fonts Folder is a handy, free program only available for Windows, being part of the category Desktop customization software with subcategory Fonts more specifically Utilities.

About the download, Fix Fonts Folder is a relatively light program that does not require as much free space than most software in the category Desktop customization software. It's a program very heavily used in some countries such as India, United States, and Bangladesh. Since we added this software to our catalog in , it has obtained 57, installations, and last week it had 16 installations. The software version is 2.

It's available for users with the operating system Windows 98 and prior versions, and you can download it in English. Fix Fonts Folder is a utility that locates and fixes font related problems.

It scans all installed fonts and checks the integrity of the fonts related part of the registry. It Worked!. Access the Display Properties dialog box by right-clicking the desktop and selecting the Properties command. Select the Appearance tab and click the Advanced button.

Select Icon from the Item drop-down list. Use the Font drop-down arrow to select a font from the list. Under ' Font size ' click on the drop down menu to change it to ' Large ' or ' Extra Large '. If you want to further customize your icons , click the Advanced button under the Appearance tab and then choose Icon from the drop-down list under Item.

You can increase or decrease the size of your icons by pressing the Up and Down arrows in the Size category. Windows XP icons are automatically set to size You may never have to squint at the small screen text again. Click the "Scale to This Percentage of Normal Size" and type your preferred percentage magnification, up to percent. Open Control Panel Display Change size of items. I get the message above whenever I attempt to access the Fonts folder from the Control Panel, or when I try to open it on the C drive using Windows Explorer.

When I try to access it, Windows Explorer shuts down,the desktop comes back, and I am able to continue using the computer.

It does not seem to be affecting any other computer function. I then do an all-inclusive Search within Fonts, and the Search results give me the contents of the Fonts folder.

Using this method only, I can see what's inside the fonts folder. Double-clicking on it or trying to open it in any other way results in the crash above. Using the Search method I described above to view the contents of the Fonts folder, I have tried to replace its entire contents of the Fonts folder with a backup of all my fonts.

I was able to do the replacement, but the problem continues to occur. I did not try a clean re-install because I did not want to lose my settings, data, and apps. I also tried a System restore, but this was after I did the XP re-installation, so the history of the original installation seems to be gone and I cannot go backwards beyond the date of my re-installation yesterday. I wonder if it's a memory RAM issue? How much memory do you have? If you have less than Mb, consider upgrading to a least and even is a better amount for Windows XP.

Space available for disk "virtural" memory could also be an issue. Install the latest service pack for Windows XP. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. When Windows XP has been repaired and is running correctly, reinstall the later version of Internet Explorer. This installation package may still be on the computer from the first time that you installed the later version of Internet Explorer.

Locate the installation package in the folder in which you saved the files. Note This package may be located in the Temporary Internet Files folder. To connect to the Microsoft download site, you must have a functional Web browser. If Internet Explorer 6 does not work on the computer after you uninstall the later version of Internet Explorer, you cannot download the Internet Explorer installation package.

Therefore, you will have to use a computer that has a functional Web browser to download the Internet Explorer installation package.

Then, use a shared network drive to install the program from the downloaded installation package on this other computer onto the repaired computer. If you cannot use a shared network for this purpose, copy the Internet Explorer installation package onto a CD on the second computer. Then, use this CD to install Internet Explorer on the first computer. If you need help about how to install, reinstall, or uninstall Windows, visit the following Microsoft Web site:.

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