Can't preview any font in Windows 10 recent install

bobcat.ttf was just an example of one I have. Of course in an ideal world Windows would go and find it for you if it wasn't there...

So I understand you've got Preview and Print in the context menu, but no actual preview.

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Does not appear to be a valid font windows 10(fixed) | super easy - YouTube

- set Windows Firewall to automatic and start it.



1. I've tried it in both as both a standard user and admin - it's fine.

2. Noted you've used an absolute path C:\Windows rather than %Systemroot% - one report suggests doing that. We'll leave it for now until you've got this working.

There may be a hint in a thread I found- a 3rd party program. Here the context menu entries vanished, attributed to an image program ACDSee.
Install Font and Preview font options.. gone.. - Windows 7 Help Forums

So..have you installed other Font managers? Try uninstalling them.
I recommend Geek uninstaller - runs the normal uninstall, then a scan for leftovers.
Or Revo.

You may get ideas if you rt click a ttf file and see what's in the Open With list.

Clearly this is a more obscure problem that has occurred for a good number of people, so there may be a solution 'out there'. Maybe someone else here will have some thoughts..

You could use a program such as this to try to add your own context menu entry:


Sorry, beyond creating a new user and trying that, I've really no more ideas.

You're welcome. Good- an in-place upgrade install should fix most Windows system things. It keeps all your programs and most settings.

It won't fix damaged user profiles.

Here's the write-up I usually use when recommending it - if there's something to add from its effect on your system, let me know. Thanks.

Precede it with this in case sthg has happened to your file system:

From an admin command prompt
[Windows key + X, click command prompt (admin)]
chkdsk C: /F
Your PC will need to restart.
Make sure the result is clear or fixed- else do not proceed.
Post back the result, which you can get after a restart as follows:
How do I see the results of a CHKDSK that ran on boot? - Ask Leo!

An In-place upgrade repair install will fix many things, but not those where the settings are not changed by the procedure.

For this you need an installation medium with the same base build as you have installed, and x64 if you have a 64 bits OS, else x86 (32 bits).

You should also make sure there's at least 500Mb of unallocated space on your system disk.

Recommendation:
Before you perform the following major repair procedure, do create a disk image (see below).

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade - Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials
- this includes a link from which you can obtain a Windows 10 iso file (" download a Windows 10 ISO"), or create a Win 10 bootable medium.

I would recommend creating the bootable medium, as this can be used
- for any future in-place upgrade repair install
- to boot from and use its recovery options should Windows become unbootable.
- to clean install Windows

This will refresh Windows, after the manner of a Windows installation.
- all/most associations will be unchanged
- all your programs will be left installed
- However: if you have installed some on a 2nd drive, these must be uninstalled or reinstalled on C: - else you will get an error message that you can not keep my apps because they arein an unsupported directory.
- no personal data should be affected
- you will lose any custom fonts
- you will lose any customised system icons
- you may need to re-establish your Wi-Fi connection
- you will need to redo Windows updates subsequent to the build you have used for the repair install
- Windows.old will be created
- system restore will be turned off- you should turn it on again and I recommend you manually schedule a daily restore point.
- you will need to redo any language downloads including the display language if you changed that)
- inactive title bar colouring (if used) will be reset to default
- if Qttabbar is installed, you need to re-enable it in explorer (Options, check Qttabbar)
This is one of the better features of Win10: as each major build comes out, that's your updated reference build, and as updates are mostly cumulative, there will be few to do.


Please consider using disk imaging regularly. It's a brilliant way to
- preserve your system (and your sanity)
- back up your data
- restore your system to a previously working state in a relatively short time

Recommended: Macrium Reflect (free/commercial) + boot disk/device + large enough external storage medium.

Pity that was necessary, but some resolution. So now is the time to create your first disk image... and then update that periodically to protect yourself and potentially save some reinstalls.

Yep, it's the ones you don't spot that will get you... the best you can do is keep your personal data away from the OS partition or disk. That way your data isn't necessarily on the same disk image.