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I know name of my font, how to detect path from command line ?

I read this post, but solution show only fonts on the system without path.

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  • Installed fonts are in C:\Windows\Fonts.
    – Reddy Lutonadio
    Commented Jun 24, 2021 at 9:51
  • C:\Windows\Fonts is default directory, but I found fonts also to C:\Users\omen\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts
    – salsan
    Commented Jun 24, 2021 at 9:55

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Windows 10 1803 has introduced fonts in the Microsoft Store. This required to allow a font to be installed for a specific user rather than system-wide. That’s why no admin action is needed when fonts acquired from the Store are installed.

This change meant that there now exist two repositories for fonts:

  1. Fonts for all users, residing in folder C:\Windows\Fonts and listed in the registry at key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts.

  2. Fonts for the current user, residing in folder C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts and listed in the registry at key HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts.

To list all fonts, you will need to query both registry keys that I listed above. For each font under one of the two registry keys, you will then know its folder.

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  • Fonts for the current user with reg query return full path, the problem is with Fonts for all users return only name of font, and "C:\" is standard for all PC or potentialy is possible custom with another letter ?
    – salsan
    Commented Jun 24, 2021 at 16:26
  • For all users, you will need to append the path yourself. We have to manage with Microsoft's inconsistencies.
    – harrymc
    Commented Jun 24, 2021 at 17:37

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