how do i remove asian fonts from my microsoft word 2003?

[Guest]

okaay. how do i remove chinese fonts from my word 03?? i've already tried
removing the font simsun (the font it always starts with) from my system; it
says it's in use or cannot be removed. i've also tried format>font and
changing the latin text font to times new roman, but the asian text font is
still simsun and doesn't go away. i've never had this problem in word XP, but
then there was never an option like this in format>font in XP.

 

[Klaus Linke]

Hi,

Haven't tried it, but you might first remove all Asian languages from "Microsoft Office Tools > Microsoft Office Language Settings",
then run the Office setup (Control Panel > Software) and remove support for Asian languages and complex scripts.

Regards,
Klaus

 

[usgrant7]

Lets say your user name and PC name were as follows:

C:\Users\pwnsnewbs> whoami [enter]

mypc\pwnsnewbs

And lets say the font you want to get rid of is:

C:\Windows\Fonts\msming_bold.ttf

But every time you try and get rid of it, you get this message:

Remove-Item :Cannot remove item C:\Windows\fonts\wingding.ttf:Access to the path 'C:\Windows\fonts\msming_bold.ttf' is denied.
At line:1 char:4+ del<<<< msming_bold.ttf
+CategoryInfoermissionDenied: (C:\Windows\fonts\msming_bold.ttf:FileInfo)[Remove-Item], Unauthorized cessException + FullyQualifiedErrorId :RemoveFileSystemItemUnAuthorizedAccess,Microsoft.

PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand

Or if you try and uninstall the font via the control panel, you get amessage that looks something like this:

I hate being denied permission to do anything on my PC. So after hours oflooking into various solutions, I found the cure.

C:\Windows\Fonts\>takeown /F msming_bold.ttf [enter]

You will then get a message back:

SUCCESS: The file(or folder): "C:\Windows\fonts\msming_bold.ttf" now owned by user"MYPC\pwnsnewbs".

Now type:

C:\Windows\Fonts\>Icacls C:\Windows\Fonts\msming_bold.ttf /grant MYPC\pwnsnewbs:W[enter]

This sets a write access toyour font file. You will now see a message that looks like this:

processed file:C:\Windows\Fonts\msming_bold.ttf

Successfullyprocessed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files

Now type

C:/Windows/Fonts/> attrib -a -r -h -s msming_bold.ttf[enter]

You should see a line, next,that looks like this:

C:/Windows/Fonts/>

Now type:

C:/Windows/Fonts/>Icacls C:\Windows\Fonts\msming_bold.ttf /grant MYPC\pwnsnewbs[enter]

You should then see:

processed file:C:\Windows\Fonts\msming_bold.ttf

Successfully processed1 files; Failed processing 0 files

Which means you just gaveyourself permissions to delete the font file: msming_bold.ttf.

Now type:

C:\Windows\Fonts>del msming_bold.ttf

You are done. Problem solved.

 

[usgrant7]

In my previous post I used several colors:

Black Courier is what you type, letter for letter.
Red is either a variable or is the display of a variable. There type whatever the name or entry requires, not letter for letter what you see.
Grey, my comments.
Green, what your computer should display in line, automatically.

 

[usgrant7]

You may encounter problems deleting font libraries. (*.ttc) Even with the process I posted. For that, going into safe mode command line and repeating the above process will enable you to successfully delete a stubborn un-deletable font.