Why Are These Fonts "Protected System Files"?

[croy]

In trying to cut down on the number of fonts in my Windows7
Home Premium, I keep running into some whacko-named fonts
that I can't delete, because they are "protected system
files". Fonts like, "Mongolian Baiti", and "Segoi UI".

Why would these fonts, that I've never seen in earlier
versions of Windows, be protected system fonts. Wouldn't
"Arial", and "Times New Roman" suffice for protected system
fonts?

 

[Dave-UK]

In trying to cut down on the number of fonts in my Windows7
Home Premium, I keep running into some whacko-named fonts
that I can't delete, because they are "protected system
files". Fonts like, "Mongolian Baiti", and "Segoi UI".

Why would these fonts, that I've never seen in earlier
versions of Windows, be protected system fonts. Wouldn't
"Arial", and "Times New Roman" suffice for protected system
fonts?

The Segoe UI font is a protected system file because it's used
by the system. If you delete it then you probably wouldn't see
any text in Windows dialog boxes, help files or menus etc.
It was the same with Vista.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segoe

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

The Segoe UI font is a protected system file because it's used by the
system. If you delete it then you probably wouldn't see any text in
Windows dialog boxes, help files or menus etc. It was the same with
Vista. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segoe

Yeah, but all the foreign character fonts are also protected. I'd love
to get rid of Batang and all the other weird fonts.

 

[Dave-UK]

Yeah, but all the foreign character fonts are also protected. I'd love
to get rid of Batang and all the other weird fonts.

Well, you could boot your machine with a Linux live cd and delete whatever
protected system files you don't like the look of.
Good luck with that.

 

[richard]

The Segoe UI font is a protected system file because it's used
by the system. If you delete it then you probably wouldn't see
any text in Windows dialog boxes, help files or menus etc.
It was the same with Vista.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segoe

That's bullshit. Just like they kept saying that IE was an integral part of
the OS and if you deleted it, the OS would crash.
A font would have nothing to do with how the OS operates.
If one font wasn't there, another would be picked up and used.

I"ve never seen the reasoning behind having ten thousand fonts.
What's wrong with only having a few basic ones that every one uses?

 

[Dave-UK]

That's bullshit. Just like they kept saying that IE was an integral part of
the OS and if you deleted it, the OS would crash.
A font would have nothing to do with how the OS operates.
If one font wasn't there, another would be picked up and used.

I"ve never seen the reasoning behind having ten thousand fonts.
What's wrong with only having a few basic ones that every one uses?

Well if you think it's bullshit why don't you delete most of
your ten thousand fonts and just leave the basic ones you want ?
When you've done that you can post back here with your tutorial
on how to do it, as several people here seem keen to remove fonts.

 

[richard]

Well if you think it's bullshit why don't you delete most of
your ten thousand fonts and just leave the basic ones you want ?
When you've done that you can post back here with your tutorial
on how to do it, as several people here seem keen to remove fonts.

If these fonts were so integral to the system, would it not be wiser to NOT
name them as fonts and install in folders where normal fonts would not be?
Then name it as SegoeUI.DLL.
Most people don't want to mess with dll's.

 

[richard]

In trying to cut down on the number of fonts in my Windows7
Home Premium, I keep running into some whacko-named fonts
that I can't delete, because they are "protected system
files". Fonts like, "Mongolian Baiti", and "Segoi UI".

Why would these fonts, that I've never seen in earlier
versions of Windows, be protected system fonts. Wouldn't
"Arial", and "Times New Roman" suffice for protected system
fonts?

The quick and dirty way to remove them.
Don't blame me. You pressed the keys.

 

[Bucky Breeder]

If these fonts were so integral to the system, would it
not be wiser to NOT name them as fonts and install in
folders where normal fonts would not be? Then name it
as SegoeUI.DLL. Most people don't want to mess with dll's.

Too many fonts predicated the fall of the Roman Empire!
Hitler burned all the fonts he didn't like; and then,
he built Volkswagens and the autobahn. Just sayin'...

HTH.

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[Evan Platt]

That's bullshit.

It is? Then why don't you delete it, and let us know how it works out
for you.

A font would have nothing to do with how the OS operates.
If one font wasn't there, another would be picked up and used.

Really? You know that?

I"ve never seen the reasoning behind having ten thousand fonts.
What's wrong with only having a few basic ones that every one uses?

Nothing.

 

[Evan Platt]

If these fonts were so integral to the system, would it not be wiser to NOT
name them as fonts and install in folders where normal fonts would not be?
Then name it as SegoeUI.DLL.

Causing a lot more problems.

Most people don't want to mess with dll's.

Most people don't go in and manually delete fonts, now do they?