[Hanksy]

Im on Windows 7 and I inserted a fonts cd, which installed all 4,000 to the fonts folder. Now some programs are taking ages to open. I want to clear the font folder out to have just the ones needed in there. How do I do it, without deleting any fonts that I need and dont know i need!
What will happen if I delete one i shouldnt!

Thanks

[sidbobs]

Have you checked the Programs and Features list to see if its installed it as a package and can just be removed like a program?

[Hanksy]

Originally Posted by sidbobs

Have you checked the Programs and Features list to see if its installed it as a package and can just be removed like a program?

not in unistall remove programs

[Emmie92]

Open Control Panel (in all items view) Click on the Fonts icon then just select the individual fonts you wish to remove and click delete on the toolbar.

[sidbobs]

Open the fonts folder, Right click an empty space > sort by > more > tick date added/date created, highlight all the ones added today (or whenever you installed them) and delete

[swarfendor43]

And if you want to really tidy up but keep the ones that came with 7, create a second Fonts folder and name it Fonts2 - copy all the garbage fonts you are unlikely to use into this second folder and just keep 2 or 3 key fonts in Fonts.

[Hanksy]

Originally Posted by swarfendor43

And if you want to really tidy up but keep the ones that came with 7, create a second Fonts folder and name it Fonts2 - copy all the garbage fonts you are unlikely to use into this second folder and just keep 2 or 3 key fonts in Fonts.

This is whay i want to do, but what are the "key" fonts I need to keep?

[VideoPro]

Originally Posted by Hanksy

Im on Windows 7 and I inserted a fonts cd, which installed all 4,000 to the fonts folder. Now some programs are taking ages to open...

It will. Everything that uses fonts, like word processing, mail etc will try to load the entire fonts folder to RAM. Shame really 'cos 3999 of them are just sitting there using memory.

[Hanksy]

Originally Posted by sidbobs

Open the fonts folder, Right click an empty space > sort by > more > tick date added/date created, highlight all the ones added today (or whenever you installed them) and delete

Thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU

Ive tried alsorts, including system restore! I just didnt know how to find the dates under "more"

[swarfendor43]

Originally Posted by Hanksy

This is whay i want to do, but what are the "key" fonts I need to keep?

Basically, just choose the ones you are likely to use the most. It's basically down to you. The only issue you might have (never tried this so others might be able to give a definitive answer) is that if you created a document with a font you decided you no longer wanted to live on the system at boot time is that your document might not open because it will be searching the Font folder when displaying a document.

[VideoPro]

Fonts that should never be deleted in Windows 7

I have not yet found a list of the mandatory system fonts. At the very least the following fonts should not be deleted:

Marlette – This is the font used for the minimize, maximize and close buttons on your window borders.
Arial (TrueType)
Times New Roman (TrueType)
Courier New (TrueType)
Any .FON files. These are fixed size fonts used for MS-DOS windows and some dialog boxes.

[howden]

List of fonts for Microsoft products here...
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/
Select Windows 7 from the pull down menu.