Installing Fonts Windows 7 Script Commands

Dec 10, 2010  Hi all, I simply cant figure out how to install fonts, to a windows7 desktop with powershell. Windows fonts so the path to the copied files will be c: windows fonts fonts. But is there anyway to get the script to skip fonts if they already exist in the C: Windows Fonts directory? Anyone found out a way to install multiple fonts silenty with PS which also.mondaiji.com/blog/other/it/10247-windows-install-fonts-via-command-line. This non powershell script version runs silently for me via the system account. Option Explicit ' Installing multiple Fonts in Windows 7/10 Dim objShell,.

A while back the topic of scripting the installation and removal of fonts came up in an internal discussion. It reminded me that someone had once shared with me Visual Basic 6 utilities for doing just that. So I decided to see if I could transform these into working Windows PowerShell scripts in the same way that I had rewritten.

Like my time zone utility, these utilities used Windows APIs to install and remove fonts. Specifically they used and (plus to notify running applications of the change). Attached are the results of this effort.

Add-Font.ps1 can be used to install a single font file or a folder of fonts. Remove-Font.ps1 can be used to uninstall a single font file installed in the Windows Fonts folder.

These script are written for Windows PowerShell version 2. Run each script with the -help switch for usage details. They have only been tested on my computer so like anything else posted to this blog, please test them first and use at your own risk.

Disclaimer: The information on this site is provided 'AS IS' with no warranties, confers no rights, and is not supported by the authors or Microsoft Corporation. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified in the.

This post was contributed by Michael Murgolo, a Senior Consultant with Microsoft Services - U.S. Robin: I had errors in the help text. I was originally going to have separate '-file' and '-folder' parameters. I later decided to only use '-path' but I didn't fix the help text completely. I fixed it in the updated versions now attached.

Use '-path' for both single font files or a folder of fonts. The script will figure out which it is. Yves: I looked at the script and found that where was I was trying to echo any errors that occurred for some operations actually caused an error.

This made the script seem like it didn't work the first time but it really did. Of course, this would cause subsequent runs to fail with 'not found' because it was removed. I updated the script to fix this. Try re-installing the font with the space in the file name and then removing it with the updated version. Hi Michael, Thanks for developing these.

I am trying to run Add-Font.ps1 on Windows 2008 R2 using the folder parameter, but am coming across the following error. Test-Path: Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is an empty string.

At lonvsp01WisdomResourcesPowershellScriptsAdd-Font.ps1:549 char:19 + if ((Test-Path. Fredrik, if you're installing via a computer-based GPO, this might occur because the user's logon process registers available fonts at login time – any fonts subsequently installed in some other context (such as LOCALSYSTEM), would not be recognised until the next login.

You could confirm if this is what's happening by logging the user off and on again, and see if the new fonts are now visible. If this is the case, then simply install the fonts with a user-based GPO instead, which will ensure that the newly registered fonts are available immediately without having to log in again. I made this discovery while figuring out a solution to push fonts via SCCM, hope it helps anyone else who ends up here.

Cheers, -Ben. So I have had these scripts for some time and just have not had much time to 'play'. We use Configuration Manager and I think these would be a godsend! Is there a way to have the script prompt the users for a folder that it could read from? You know something like when you open a word doc? Similarly with the removal of the fonts, a way to prompt for the font file names? Also how will this work with Windows 10?

Using the script as an admin I had to comment out set-variable CSIDL_FONTS 0x14 -option constant as it wings errors. Again thanks for the GREAT scripts!!

Have you checked after a reboot, to see if the fonts are installed? Here is a similar function that I use to install fonts, but it requires a system reboot for them to show up. _FontInstall ( $sFile ) $Font, $Name, $Path $Name = ( $sFile, ) ( 1, 0, 0 ) $Name &= ' (TrueType)' $Font = ( $sFile, '^.* ', ' ) ( 'HKLM SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion Fonts', $Name, 'REG_SZ', $Font ) ( 2, 0, 0 ) $Path = ( $CSIDL_FONTS ) ( $sFile, $Path ) ( 'HKLM SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion Fonts', $Name ) ( 3, 0, 0 ) ( $Path & ' ' & $Font, 0, ) ( 4, 0, 0 ) 1;==>_FontInstall Adam. Expand collapse popup @ECHO OFF TITLE Adding Fonts. REM Filename: ADD _Fonts. Cmd REM Script ADD TrueType OpenType Fonts Windows REM How use: REM Place the batch file inside the folder of the font files: REM Optional Add source folder as parameter ending backslash dont use quotes, spaces are allowed REM example 'ADD_fonts.cmd' C: Folder 1 Folder 2 '%*' == ' SET SRC =% * ECHO.