Desktop Appearance Changes After Installing Corel Draw 6.0

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

After you install Corel Draw 6.0 and restart your computer, you may see several different font styles on the desktop.

CAUSE

By default, Corel Draw 6.0 installs 1029 fonts to the Windows\Fonts folder. This is approximately the limit for the number of fonts you can install in Windows 95. If you had fonts installed before you installed Corel Draw 6.0, the resulting number of installed fonts exceeds the limit.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q131943
   TITLE     : TrueType Font Limits in Windows 95.

RESOLUTION

To remove the excess fonts and restore the Windows 95 fonts, follow these steps:

1. Restart your computer. When you see the "Starting Windows 95" message, press the F8 key, and then choose Safe Mode Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu.

2. Type the following lines, pressing ENTER after each line:

         c:\<windows>\smartdrv.exe
         deltree c:\<windows>\ttfcache
         md fonttemp
         attrib -r -s -h c:\<windows>\fonts\*.ttf
         move c:\<windows>\fonts\*.ttf c:\fonttemp
   

   where <windows> is your Windows folder.

3. Restart your computer. When you see the "Starting Windows 95" message, press the F5 key.

4. Rebuild the Font registry key. For information about doing so, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

         ARTICLE-ID: Q133732
         TITLE     : Missing TrueType Fonts in Fonts Folder
   
      NOTE: You need to follow only the first two steps in this article, and
      then quit Registry Editor.
   
   

5. Restart your computer normally.

6. In Windows Explorer or My Computer, sort the fonts in the Fonttemp folder by date. Move all non-Corel fonts from the Fonttemp folder to the Windows\Fonts folder. Windows 95 fonts have a date of 7/11/95 and a time of 9:50 A.M.

7. Selectively copy the Corel fonts to the Windows\Fonts folder, making sure not to exceed 1000 installed fonts in the Windows\Fonts folder. You may want to copy only those fonts you expect to use.

8. Delete the Fonttemp folder, or keep it as a storage place for extra fonts.

MORE INFORMATION

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For additional information about this behavior, please contact Corel Corporation.