How to Delete Protected System Fonts in Windows 7 with Pictures1. Determine if the font actually is a Protected System Font. Go to C WindowsFonts or Start Menu Control Panel Appearance and Personalization Fonts, right click on a font, and select Delete. If the font is protected, you will receive an error message saying X is a Protected System Font and cannot be deleted. Open the Registry Editor. Type regedit into the Start menu and press enter. Click Yes on the security warning. On the left side of the Editor, open the folders HKEYLOCALMACHINE Software Microsoft Windows NT Current. Version Fonts. 4. On the right side of the window, select the fonts you want to delete, right click on them and select Delete.
Open any program in which you can change the font. If your unwanted font is still there meaning Windows really doesnt want you to delete it, you will need to follow these next steps. Go to the folder C Windowswinsxs.
Im wondering how to safely remove a domain user profile from a computer that is a part of a domain. I dont want to delete the account from the domain itself, I just. Scroll about a fifth of the way down the long list of folders, and you should see a series of folders beginning with amd. These folders are where Windows stores backup copies of the fonts it doesnt want you to delete. Right click on the folder containing the font you want to delete and select Properties. If you try to delete the folder or a font in it now, you will receive an error message saying you need permission from Trusted. Installer to perform the action. What you need to do instead is declare yourself the owner of the folder and then give yourself permission to edit it. Click the Security tab and click the Advanced button at the bottom of the window. Click the Owner tab in the resulting window, then click Edit. You will see that the folders current owner is Trusted. Installer. 1. 1In the new window, click on either Administrators or the name of your account, check the box next to Replace owner on subcontainers and objects, and click OK. Click OK on all the other Properties windows you opened to get out of them. Open the folders properties again right click on it and select Properties, click the Security tab, and click Edit. Select the account you chose in step 1. Full control, and click OK. You are now the owner of the folder and the font file within it. Exit the Properties window. Delete the font file first, then delete the folder. If you try the other way around, Windows will tell you the folder is open in another program, even if you have no other programs running. Go into the Registry Editor again and delete the fonts entry. Refer to steps 2 4. Restart your computer. The font will no longer be available in any programs, meaning it is gone unless you re install it. If you do re install the font, you will be able to delete it whenever you wish.