Just moving them to the Fonts folder in Windows 7 doesn't work. Even if they're physically in the folder, they're invisible until they're installed, but you can't access them to install them. After considerable googling, I figured out I could rename the folder, select all and then install the fonts, which then moved into the actual Fonts folder.

I'd just install them again from the source.

I have 600+ fonts accrued over 15 years from multiple sources, including ones that don't exist any more.

Yeah, that sounds about right. Even in XP, you have to paste the file into another folder, then select it from the font installer. You can just drag and drop.

I coulda sworn I've dragged and dropped fonts in XP and they've been automagically installed. This was an improvement over older versions of Windows where I did need to use the installer.

That's how I did it too, I was pretty sure. But I use a font manager these days, because I don't want the overhead of having them all installed, but I need the ability to preview them. I think it's definitely something the OS should have inbuilt. I'd rather that than a web browser, I think.

Even if they're physically in the folder, they're invisible until they're installed, but you can't access them to install them.

I don't know Windows 7 but can you still set your folder settings to show hidden files?

TNS is Transparent Network Substrate protocol: [link]

Kind of reminds me of Bonjour.

Thanks, DCJ. I had thought it was Oracle-proprietary and totally tied to databases, but I guess not.

XP did automagically install, but the magic is gone from Windows 7. You can set your folder settings to show hidden files, but not in the Fonts folder.

I need to pare down the fonts list, heaven knows. It has just growed, like Topsy.

You can set your folder settings to show hidden files, but not in the Fonts folder.

That's just bizarre.

XP did automagically install, but the magic is gone from Windows 7.

Definitely a step back, and a weird one as that can't be hard to implement.