How to Restore the Default Fonts in Windows 95

 Last reviewed: August 14, 1997
Article ID: Q152974
95 WINDOWS kbsetup kbenv kbhowto

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 95

SUMMARY

This article describes how to restore the default fonts included with Windows 95. This may be necessary if one or more font is missing or damaged.

MORE INFORMATION

The Windows 95 Setup program has a Restore Windows Files option that you can use to restore missing or damaged font files. To use the Restore Windows Files option to restore the default font files, run Windows 95 Setup from within Windows 95. If Setup finished successfully the last time you ran it, the following choices are displayed:

  • Restore Windows files that are changed or corrupted
  • Copy all Windows files again

Choosing the first option replaces only files that are missing or have changed since the last time you ran Setup. Choosing the second option replaces all files.

If the Restore Windows Files option does not appear when you run Setup from within Windows 95, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q141841
   TITLE     : Restore Windows Files Option Missing from Setup
In Windows 95, each font has one or more files associated with it. Although a font's properties normally identify the files associated with the font, it can be difficult to determine which files are associated with a font. In addition, it can be difficult to determine the name of a font. For example, the font that Windows 95 uses to display text in menus, title bars, and dialog boxes is a font installed on your computer, but it is often difficult to determine which font Windows is using.

Because it can be difficult to determine which files are associated with a font, or to determine the name of a font, it may not be possible to restore missing or damaged fonts by extracting individual files from your original Windows 95 disks or CD-ROM. Restoring the default fonts using the Restore Windows Files option in Setup is a much more reliable method.

KBCategory: kbsetup kbenv kbhowto
KBSubcategory: win95 winttf
Additional reference words: 95
Keywords : win95 winttf kbfaq
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: August 14, 1997
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