cannot delete Tahoma font

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I want to delete the Tahoma font from the Fonts folder in Vista and
instead manage it with a font program I have installed so that I can
activate and deactivate it as required.

Vista won't allow me to delete it, instead this message appears:

"This action can't be completed because the file is open in another
program Close the file and try again"

During the delete process I have all programs closed. I have tried
deleting with certain processes not running but still no luck.

Is there any way to determine which program is using the font? Any ideas
how I can delete it?

Thanks for any help!
Marty
 
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:28:55 +1000, marty <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>I want to delete the Tahoma font from the Fonts folder in Vista and
>instead manage it with a font program I have installed so that I can
>activate and deactivate it as required.
>
>Vista won't allow me to delete it, instead this message appears:
>
>"This action can't be completed because the file is open in another
>program Close the file and try again"

I believe that it's a System Font... in other words, leave it alone.

>During the delete process I have all programs closed. I have tried
>deleting with certain processes not running but still no luck.
>
>Is there any way to determine which program is using the font? Any ideas
>how I can delete it?
>
>Thanks for any help!
>Marty
 
Sounds like "Tahoma" is the main font being used by the operating system
therefore you can't delete it because it's in use. The program using the
font is Windows Vista itself.

"marty" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:#lxnVQOzIHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I want to delete the Tahoma font from the Fonts folder in Vista and
> instead manage it with a font program I have installed so that I can
> activate and deactivate it as required.
>
> Vista won't allow me to delete it, instead this message appears:
>
> "This action can't be completed because the file is open in another
> program Close the file and try again"
>
> During the delete process I have all programs closed. I have tried
> deleting with certain processes not running but still no luck.
>
> Is there any way to determine which program is using the font? Any ideas
> how I can delete it?
>
> Thanks for any help!
> Marty
 
IIRC, Vista uses Segoe and Segoe UI. I think XP used Tahoma. Arial is also
used. All three could be protected.

"Andrew Murray" <ad-ANTI-SPAM_murray@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
news:749BC3CC-E8B5-4A9D-B9F3-4D869B70D158@microsoft.com...
> Sounds like "Tahoma" is the main font being used by the operating system
> therefore you can't delete it because it's in use. The program using the
> font is Windows Vista itself.
>
> "marty" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:#lxnVQOzIHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> I want to delete the Tahoma font from the Fonts folder in Vista and
>> instead manage it with a font program I have installed so that I can
>> activate and deactivate it as required.
>>
>> Vista won't allow me to delete it, instead this message appears:
>>
>> "This action can't be completed because the file is open in another
>> program Close the file and try again"
>>
>> During the delete process I have all programs closed. I have tried
>> deleting with certain processes not running but still no luck.
>>
>> Is there any way to determine which program is using the font? Any ideas
>> how I can delete it?
>>
>> Thanks for any help!
>> Marty
>
 
Actually, I was able to eventually uninstall Tahoma from Vista using
this program http://www.proximasoftware.com/fontexpert/ .

It uninstalls on system restart. My Vista machine still works fine.


Colin Barnhorst wrote:
> IIRC, Vista uses Segoe and Segoe UI. I think XP used Tahoma. Arial is
> also used. All three could be protected.
>
> "Andrew Murray" <ad-ANTI-SPAM_murray@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
> news:749BC3CC-E8B5-4A9D-B9F3-4D869B70D158@microsoft.com...
>> Sounds like "Tahoma" is the main font being used by the operating
>> system therefore you can't delete it because it's in use. The
>> program using the font is Windows Vista itself.
>>
>> "marty" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:#lxnVQOzIHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> I want to delete the Tahoma font from the Fonts folder in Vista and
>>> instead manage it with a font program I have installed so that I can
>>> activate and deactivate it as required.
>>>
>>> Vista won't allow me to delete it, instead this message appears:
>>>
>>> "This action can't be completed because the file is open in another
>>> program Close the file and try again"
>>>
>>> During the delete process I have all programs closed. I have tried
>>> deleting with certain processes not running but still no luck.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to determine which program is using the font? Any
>>> ideas how I can delete it?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help!
>>> Marty
 
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