How can we silent install fonts ?

thanx

Redman

I would imagine just make the directory on you unnatended cd $OEM$\$$\Fonts

Put them there, and they should be copied over during installation. If someone else could clarify this, as I have not tried it myself.

yes, i extract fonts during T-12 & everything works

The same solution...

wait, a reg tweak is not needed in addition?

i copy them to system32, AND apply this regtweak:

ive had no need for a reg tweak

so simply putting (or extracting via SFX archive after installation is totally finished) to Windows\Fonts will work?

can ppl confirm this in real-world tests?

You need to copy over the fonts to the fonts directory and as mentioned run the regtweak from cmdlines.txt to register your font.

I use a different method which was discussed long ago
]To simply register just open the folder if you don't mind using that method.
In cleanup.cmd

All that does is open the folder and you just close it. Can use a Kill on it if you want.
Saves all that yada yada yada ttf

I have put all my new fonts in $$\Fonts and run the thing mentioned by maxXPsoft.

It works kike a charm!

PS: Only using $$\Fonts didn't work for me dudes ...

MCT can u pls give more details?

Are you using winrar sfx?

with it extracting to

%systemroot%\Fonts\

only rar-sfx fonts to the fonts folder don't work for me. i use to open the fonts folder and after a few seconds kill the process

ps: alt. you can open word to register fonts

I have my fonts in a winrar sfx silent extract directly to %windir%\fonts from RunOnceEx.cmd and they install with no problem. What's so hard about that?

Edit: never mind. seems my apps can't see the new fonts. DOH!

hhehehe MCT and Simonsays are both senior member they know what they are talking about.

hey, sorry, ive been @ work, havent had a chance 2 reply

but yes, all i do is use a winrar SFX & install it & T-12 extracting to %Windir%\Fonts i only install 2 fonts & both are recognised by all my programs

So I have the right idea, I just need to put the fonts.exe command in cmdlines.txt instead of runonceex.cmd ?

MCT i just tried it and it works.

I put "fonts.exe" (winrar silent sfx) in cmdlines.txt and placed the file itself in the $OEM$ folder. The fonts extracted silently at T-12 but after the final reboot, windows apps could not see the fonts. I had to open the fonts folder and install them again manually.

There has got to be a way to install a couple dozen fonts unattended without having to add a reg entry for each font.

Any ideas?

i installed 20 fonts using mct method and it worked.

what does your winrar.sfx look like?

post your comments

;The comment below contains SFX script commands

Path=%windir%\fonts
SavePath
Silent=1
Overwrite=2


I'm installing 36 true type fonts.

humm

mine is similar

but i hv mine in %systemroot%\fonts\

just curious did u patch your wfp?

By "wfp" I think you mean windows file protection. If this is the case, then no, I haven't disabled it. Haven't had a need to do so.

The only patched system files i use are uxtheme.dll, ntoskrnl.exe for my custom bootscreen, logonui.exe, logon.scr, and logoff.exe files.

I dont know what to tell u i just tested MCT method again

on another workstation and it installed all the fonts.

and i just check with Office 2003 it recognizes all the fonts

just did the sfx method.

Might have something to do with trying my UA on a dell dimension 3000 on the last couple test runs. Those **** dells make xp act funny sometimes. Then again, it's most likely just another random bug in windows cause I've had similar problems with my apps, sometimes they get registered and sometimes they don't.

Where are the fonts that come with xp stored on the cd? Maybe that file could be unpacked, then add the new fonts to it, and repack it.

nope i dont think that would work. It has been tried with no success in the past.

hey! I love dell systems i hv a couple of the XPS and they still work ok.

dont blame the machine... blame the one writing and preparing the code.

My code works fine other than the fonts part. And the dell I mentioned is rented so it's a real POS lol. I've installed my corporate xp cd on (not UA) on several dells before with no trouble though. I think it's just windows being it's lame buggy self as usual. These fonts aren't really important so I might just leave them out.

Thanx guys this herlp me alot

Redman

Didn't someone say that opening Word will register the fonts? Astalavista, is that perhaps why it's working for you if you are checking by opening an Office app?

Just a thought.

"fontinst.exe" is a small application from microsoft; Copy the font into the %windir%\fonts folder and then, register the fonts. The font is available even before the reboot. also send a message to all top-level windows in the system. This message notifies other applications that the font table has been added a font.




fontinst.inf

@asbsamsf, many thanks man, it will solve my font-problems!

@SiMoNsAyS
u r welcome

I am sorry but I must be missin something I can't get the font install program to work right and I am just tryin to install 1 font with it.

Fontinst.exe, fontinst.inf and all fonts should be in the same folder

That is what I was doing wrong I still had my sfx file installing the fonts. I works awesomely thank you very much!!!!!


P.S. I was up half the night with this very problem.
Thank you.

An example fontinst.zip (54,2 KB)

P.S. you can call just fontinst.exe if you name your inf file "fontinst.inf" otherwise you have to call "fontinst.exe /f whatever.inf"

Isn't it necessary to add a line to delete the Fontinst.exe and Fontinst.ini after they do the job?

Thanks!

awesome dude... good work! new style.

nice program, makes installing fonts easier

u can use IExpress Packager or winrar sfx , install Fontinst.exe, and it'll be done; install, delete , ....

P.S.
i've found a tool "installfont.exe" in wpi package, usage:

Thanks, man! But now I'm not sure about what method I'll use to install my 2.378 extra fonts! I think I'll try work only with command lines, following your good tips!

Can you please explain this alittle further?
You got a file called 'installfont.exe', you put that in a folder with a file called 'fonts.inf' and all your fonts, then you paste that code in the inf file?

thanks

please READ this post if you like this method, then use it.. , if not, forget every thing about 'Fontinst.exe' and 'fonts.inf' and with clear maind READ

this code is "command lines" to be meant for Batch Files ".bat; .cmd"
to use 2nd method
You get a file called 'installfont.exe', you put that in a folder with a 'Batch File' and all your fonts, then you run the 'Batch File'?

Hey asbsamsf! Thank you for introducing this tool to us.

bon appétit!

Question:

Which types for fonts are supported by the FontInst.exe?

@totoymola tried *.ttf and *.fon without problems. i suppose all the fonts recognized by windows.

Hmm... I think not all. Because I tried installing pfm fonts, and it didn't work. Or maybe there's something wrong with my inf.

sorry, but i still dont get it

using the fontinst.exe method; i need to put in a sfx all the fonts, fontinst.inf, and fontinst.exe, make the sfx extract everything to the fonts folder in windows and then call the command to register the fonts?

if so:
what should be the comment in the sfx?
i run it in the runonce.cmd, or in the cmdlines.txt ?

ok, i finally got it to work...i dunno if its the right or the easyest way, but this work for me:

made 2 sfx, one to copy my fotns to the fonts directory, and another sfx with the fonts, fontsinst.exe, and fontsinst.inf to decompress to a temporary folder, and then run fontinst.exe /f fontinst.inf. All that in my RunOnceEx.cmd

thats it, and it work perfectly...

You dont need your first sfx. Your second one is enough.