Windows 10: Missing Fonts after Creators Upgrade and difficulty reinstalling them

My Windows 10 Professional Creators upgrade completed yesterday at Version 1703, OS Build 15063.138. This morning I find that something like 5-10% of my fonts are gone. After rabbiting around, it seems that MS has nuked the fonts that came with Corel Draw (x5). I've found them in Corel's Extras as .ttf files, but when I go to reinstall one, it tells me it's already installed.



I install/replace it anyway (with no errmsg) but it doesn't appear in the font panel afterwards.

I have tried rebuilding the font cache, using this bat file found on the web:
:: Stop and disable "Windows Font Cache Service" service
:FontCache
sc stop "FontCache"
sc config "FontCache" start=disabled
sc query FontCache | findstr /I /C:"STOPPED"
if not %errorlevel%==0 (goto FontCache)


:: Grant access rights to current user for "%WinDir%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService" folder and contents
icacls "%WinDir%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService" /grant "%UserName%":F /C /T /Q


:: Delete font cache
del /A /F /Q "%WinDir%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\FontCache\*FontCache*"

del /A /F /Q "%WinDir%\System32\FNTCACHE.DAT"


:: Enable and start "Windows Font Cache Service" service
sc config "FontCache" start=auto
sc start "FontCache"

but the font still is missing and the font panel still says it's already installed if I (repeatedly) reinstall.

Suggestions? "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers......."

:)

 

Some fonts are missing after upgrade

You may not have to reset.

In WinVer check to confirm which version you have. If you have 1703 that is the "Creator's update", in which case, this next link may describe your problem

Fonts installed by using “Install as shortcut” are missing after a system restart in Windows 10 Creators Update

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...install-as-shortcut-are-missing-after-a-syste

Symptoms

Fonts that you installed by using the Install as shortcut option on a computer that is running Windows 10 Creators Update, Version 1703, are no longer available after a system restart. When this problem occurs, the missing fonts are not
visible in the Fonts item in Control Panel or in the font picker list in Windows applications.

The list of missing fonts can include fonts that were installed before or after the computer was upgraded to Windows 10 Creators Update.

 

Missing Fonts after Windows 10 upgrade

I am missing fonts after Windows 10 upgrade. I have tried to reinstall the one of the fonts which is an open type font, but now the font shows up as rectangles. Not sure if I have others missing. I use a publishing program called PagePlus.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Hi, you could perhaps try completely uninstalling Corel Draw, with the help of Revo or Geek uninstaller (unless Corel provides a manual uninstall tool) then reinstall it.

That's the most straightforward and least demanding approach in terms of brain-power, I guess.

Note that added fonts are also removed if you do an in-place upgrade repair- which is essentially the same process as the upgrade. If so, it would seem an oversight.

 

<sigh> way more than should have been necessary, but that's the way it is with computers....it's not how well the bear dances, but that it dances at all. Many thanks, dalchina!

 

I feel the pain.. but progress..