How do I delete many fonts all at once instead of 1 at a time?

"dean-dean" wrote:

> Hold down the Control key on your keyboard and then select the fonts you
> want to delete. They will stay selected, and choosing Delete will remove
> all the fonts selected.

I tried that, but that doesn't work. I get messages for each font, asking me
if I'm sure I want to delete it.

I didn't know that, since I've actually never tried a multiple delete in the
Fonts folder. I'm thinking the inability to delete more than one at a time
must have something to do with the fact that a file is permanently deleted,
rather than going to the recycle bin, unlike files in regular folder, in
addition to the fact that each font must be unregistered. But I really don't
know, and can't think of a work-around for your dilemma.


"MariaEll" <MariaEll@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:10589AD2-A527-495A-8E38-AF69807448FB@microsoft.com...

> "dean-dean" wrote:
>

>> Hold down the Control key on your keyboard and then select the fonts you
>> want to delete. They will stay selected, and choosing Delete will remove
>> all the fonts selected.

>
>
>
> I tried that, but that doesn't work. I get messages for each font, asking
> me
> if I'm sure I want to delete it.

Dean,

Now I understand why I kept getting that message about deleting each font.
Because it's permanently deleted and doesn't go to the recycle bin. I noticed
that last night, but didn't make the connection. Thanks, and PS: I eventually
got through deleting all the extra fonts, I used the sort feature to delete
all the TTF fonts. Thank you,

Maria

"dean-dean" wrote:

> I didn't know that, since I've actually never tried a multiple delete in the
> Fonts folder. I'm thinking the inability to delete more than one at a time
> must have something to do with the fact that a file is permanently deleted,
> rather than going to the recycle bin, unlike files in regular folder, in
> addition to the fact that each font must be unregistered. But I really don't
> know, and can't think of a work-around for your dilemma.
>
>
> "MariaEll" <MariaEll@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:10589AD2-A527-495A-8E38-AF69807448FB@microsoft.com...

> > "dean-dean" wrote:
> >

> >> Hold down the Control key on your keyboard and then select the fonts you
> >> want to delete. They will stay selected, and choosing Delete will remove
> >> all the fonts selected.

> >
> >
> >
> > I tried that, but that doesn't work. I get messages for each font, asking
> > me
> > if I'm sure I want to delete it.

>
>

This is almost the same problem I'm having, except that in my case, I want to
KEEP the fonts that I delete - in a folder for uninstalled fonts, so that I
can install and uninstall them as needed when I want them for something. Is
there any way to find and/or recover these kinds of "Permanently" deleted
files? Or else is there a way to redirect deleted font files from the fonts
folder to the recycle bin instead, so I can them cut & paste them back into
their storage folder? (That's what I used to be able to do in Win 98SE...).
I've tried a couple of the font manager softwares available as freeware out
there, but Vista will only let them install, not uninstall.

"MariaEll" wrote:

> Dean,
>
> Now I understand why I kept getting that message about deleting each font.
> Because it's permanently deleted and doesn't go to the recycle bin. I noticed
> that last night, but didn't make the connection. Thanks, and PS: I eventually
> got through deleting all the extra fonts, I used the sort feature to delete
> all the TTF fonts. Thank you,
>
> Maria
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>

> > I didn't know that, since I've actually never tried a multiple delete in the
> > Fonts folder. I'm thinking the inability to delete more than one at a time
> > must have something to do with the fact that a file is permanently deleted,
> > rather than going to the recycle bin, unlike files in regular folder, in
> > addition to the fact that each font must be unregistered. But I really don't
> > know, and can't think of a work-around for your dilemma.
> >
> >
> > "MariaEll" <MariaEll@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:10589AD2-A527-495A-8E38-AF69807448FB@microsoft.com...

> > > "dean-dean" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hold down the Control key on your keyboard and then select the fonts you
> > >> want to delete. They will stay selected, and choosing Delete will remove
> > >> all the fonts selected.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I tried that, but that doesn't work. I get messages for each font, asking
> > > me
> > > if I'm sure I want to delete it.

> >
> >