Adobe Illustrator - Managing the Font folder in Vista with Suitcase

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Managing the Font folder in Vista with Suitcase

Synapse Syndrome

2007-03-07, 10:14 pm

The Vista font folder does not seem to allow you to easily display columns
like Date Modified or Attributes. This making it hard for me to know which
fonts have just been added by installing some program. I want to remove
those fonts and put them in its own folder set in Extensis Suitcase. I have
far too many fonts to let them all be in the Fonts folder.

But the big problem is that I cannot set NTFS deny permissions on the Fonts
folder anymore. What are people who are keeping their work machines clean
and tidy do when it comes to fonts??

ss.

lforbes

2007-03-14, 7:14 pm

Hi,

You can use Xcacls.vbs to view and change permissions. With my Business
machines I will reset all permissions to those I used for XP.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...&displaylang=en
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...KB;EN-US;825751

you will have to modify xcacls.vbs to support vista

change

Select Case OSVer
Case "5.0", "5.1", "5.2"
IsOSSupported = True

to

Select Case OSVer
Case "5.0", "5.1", "5.2", "6.0"
IsOSSupported = True

type to view permissions

cscript C:\myfolder\xcacls.vbs C:\Windows\Fonts

Haven't tested with Vista Business because I am not running it in my domain
yet until I get 25 copies to do KMS licensing.

Works great with XP and I will test setting permissions with home premium
when I get a chance.

Cheers,

Lara

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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>
> The Vista font folder does not seem to allow you to easily display columns
> like Date Modified or Attributes. This making it hard for me to know
> which fonts have just been added by installing some program. I want to
> remove those fonts and put them in its own folder set in Extensis
> Suitcase. I have far too many fonts to let them all be in the Fonts
> folder.
>
> But the big problem is that I cannot set NTFS deny permissions on the
> Fonts folder anymore. What are people who are keeping their work machines
> clean and tidy do when it comes to fonts??
>
> ss.
>

Synapse Syndrome

2007-03-15, 4:17 am

"lforbes" <laraallsopp@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:64C9568A-88F2-4958-8650-A0A8228A3E67@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> You can use Xcacls.vbs to view and change permissions. With my Business
> machines I will reset all permissions to those I used for XP.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...&displaylang=en
> http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...KB;EN-US;825751
>
> you will have to modify xcacls.vbs to support vista
>
> change
>
> Select Case OSVer
> Case "5.0", "5.1", "5.2"
> IsOSSupported = True
>
> to
>
> Select Case OSVer
> Case "5.0", "5.1", "5.2", "6.0"
> IsOSSupported = True
>
> type to view permissions
>
> cscript C:\myfolder\xcacls.vbs C:\Windows\Fonts
>
> Haven't tested with Vista Business because I am not running it in my
> domain yet until I get 25 copies to do KMS licensing.
>
> Works great with XP and I will test setting permissions with home premium
> when I get a chance.

Thanks Lara. I got it running okay and have gone as far as it listing
permissions, but how to change them using this script?

edit: actually, I have found this page:
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...KB;EN-US;825751

I'll have to go through it and work it out.

Cheers

ss.