Install and Uninstall Fonts in Any Folder on Windows 7

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Snapshot: June 23, 2011, 08:15 AM

Intro: Let’s say your partition C: is running out of space and you don’t have any room for new fonts, but you have another partition that still has plenty of room. How would you now install your fonts without the need to copy them all into your Windows fonts folder?

Installing fonts using a shortcut (advanced)

Let’s say your partition C: is running out of space and you don’t have any room for new fonts, but you have another partition that still has plenty of room. How would you now install your fonts without the need to copy them all into your Windows fonts folder?

Luckily, there’s a simple trick that you can use to do that!

When you are inside your Windows fonts folder, click on “fonts settings”. You can also access it via the control panel.
Next, make sure that the option “Allow fonts to be installed using a shortcut” is checked:

Now, double-click on a font. You will notice a new option “Use shortcut”:

If this option is checked, it won’t copy the font into your Windows font folder, instead it will create a symbolic link to your Windows folder. Sidenote: Should you remove the font your link will be broken and you can no longer use the font in Windows 7.

To Manually Delete Fonts Using Registry Editor

1. Open the Start Menu, then type regedit in the search box and press enter.

2. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes (if in adminsitrator account) or type in the administrator's password (if in standard account).

3. In regedit, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)

Code:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts

4. In the right pane of Fonts, right click on the font name that you want to delete and click on Delete.

5. Click on Yes to approve the deletion.

6. If you have 64-bit Windows 7 Installed

   Note

To also delete the font as well in 64-bit Windows 7, you will also need to do this step.

If you have a 32-bit Windows 7 installed, then skip this step since doing steps 1 to 5 will delete the font in it.

A) In regedit, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)

Code:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts

B) Repeat steps 4 and 5.

7. Repeat steps 4 to 6 for any other font you want to delete

8. When finished, restart the computer to apply.