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- From: hartzman@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Les Hartzman)
- Subject: Re: Can't delete ATM fonts -- HELP!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.162114.16979@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Sender: Les Hartzman
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- Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
- References: <1992Nov9.101629.928@calmasd.prime.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:21:14 GMT
- Lines: 46
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- In article <1992Nov9.101629.928@calmasd.prime.com> kjb@calmasd.prime.com (Ken Brucker) writes:
- >I just finished installing the GA+CSD from scratch and went about putting some
- >of my fonts back into the system. There's one that I didn't mean to put back
- >in and now want to delete it. However, when I select the delete option and
- >responding that I do want to delete the font I'm informed that some other
- >application is using the font so I can't delete it.
- >
- >I've tried answering to both delete and leave the font files in the /os2/dll
- >directory, but either way I get the same problem. And I don't see how some
- >other application could have been using the font since immediately after
- >installing the fonts I tried to delete them. I didn't even exit from the font
- >application.
- >
- >Any ideas? It's not a big deal, but I would like to save the disk space. What
- >would happen if I just deleted the font files without going through the font
- >setup screens?
- >
- >Thanks!
- >
- >Ken
- >
-
- I had the same problem awhile ago. I had added fonts, looked at them, decided
- I didn't want them and tried to delete them. Got the same error messages.
- I then tried to delete the files directly. What happened was that when I went
- back into the font list to see if they were truly gone, they were and they
- weren't!
-
- Clicking on the "deleted" font showed its name as one that still existed, so
- something got messed up.
-
- However, much to my delight, I had to shutdown for some reason, and upon re-
- booting I tried to delete the fonts and it worked!
-
- I hadn't tried to add/delete fonts before the Service Pack so I don't know if
- this is a Service Pack bug or a global OS/2 bug, but it should be fixed. I
- haven't called it in yet, but am going to, shortly.
-
- Les
-
-
-
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