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Cannot Copy Fonts from a Compressed Folder to the Fonts Folder

Article ID: 188809

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

Microsoft Plus! 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q188809

SYMPTOMS

When you copy a font (.fon or .ttf) file from a compressed folder to the Windows\Fonts folder, you receive the following error message:

<Filename> is an invalid font file.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because files located in compressed folders do not pass file type information to Windows.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, copy the font file to an uncompressed folder, and then copy the file from the uncompressed folder to the Windows\Fonts folder.

For information about how to copy a file, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type copying files, and then click Display.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Plus! 98, version 1.0.

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