Can't preview any font in Windows 10 recent install

Thanks! I have just tested this (registry backup done) but it has not solved the problem, I get the same error when I double-click it...

Tested both, the win8 and your win10 reg files (restart after each test), but no luck.

Yes I see the same as you. This is the method I used for re-associate (before coming here to ask for help):



I have restore points and backup images of the system but I recall that I saw this problem several weeks ago...but as I have been in a rush to install and configure some programs I left the font problem to be solved later, now if I restore a system image, I would lose too much work/time...(and I mean, really too much)

I guess it is my fault, for not thinking that Windows is so fragile that any problem could become impossible to solve afterwards except for a full reinstall or almost, anyway this is the situation now, I hope (!) it will be possible to fix without reinstall.

It seems that the association is ok, and that fontview.exe is ok too (at least sfc /scannow did not found any problem), so where could be the problem? Norton blocking it? I have disabled everything (Firewall, Auto-Protect), should I totally uninstall Norton? I have UAC disabled (I tested to set it to some level of protection, apply and then disable another time, just to test, but no luck...)

dalchina said:

Hi, try this free utility and see if it shows the same as I have. (I expect it will given the above).

fontview.exe is not an exe you can run directly.

If you right click on a font file, do you have Preview at the top of the context menu?

Finally, what happens if you boot to Safe Mode and double click on a font file?

This is what it shows:



Yes, I know that fontview has to be launched with an argument. I do not try to run it directly, I just double-click the font file.

This is what shows a right click ("Imprimir" means "Print" in spanish):



I did boot into Safe Mode and the result of double-clicking on the ttf is the same than in normal boot (error, "...not a valid font file")

dalchina said:

Hi, I have Preview above Print, so there's something missing in your registry.

Try that (free, old...)

I downloaded and installed, but when launched it shows a progress bar and it stops telling this:



I tried also to run it with Windows 95 compatibility mode, but it says the same.

dalchina said:

My comment about not being able to run fontview.exe directly was more an observation. Even running it from the Run box with a ttf file as argument fails.

Excuse me. I'm sorry

When I go to the referred registry key and click on it, the registry says this:



The message says something like this:

"{03223D4D-1B28-4325-9A96-9C5A4C8EA8BC} could not be opened.
An error prevents opening the key.
Details: The system can't find the specified file"

Note: the other similar keys say the same if I click on them. I don't know if this is normal.