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Font Folder on network drive
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:04 pm
by rtce
I have a drive mapped to a networked Windows 11 PC that I use to share fonts between the machines. The 'client' PC (Windows 10) will happily see the contents of the Z: mapped drive in File Explorer and show all the fonts in Z;\Fonts. I can also install them manually from Z;\Fonts.
MainType on the client machine will allow me to select Z:\Fonts as a font folder but will not add it to the list or process any of the contents.
Re: Font Folder on network drive
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:09 pm
by Erwin Denissen
Does it help if you open the Font Folders dialog in MainType, and then modify the folder to enable "User Access"?
Re: Font Folder on network drive
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:27 pm
by rtce
If I open the Font Folders dialog, I see it listed multiple times - I guess every time I tried adding it. So I removed them all and re-added. It has the same date stamp for Last Refresh and Added, but still doesn't show.
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I expected it to show in the 'Groups' area.
Re: Font Folder on network drive
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:31 pm
by Erwin Denissen
Yes, one time is sufficient
Did you enable "User Access"?
Re: Font Folder on network drive
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:54 pm
by rtce
Yes, the check box was enabled
Re: Font Folder on network drive
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:18 am
by Erwin Denissen
Maybe a reboot will fix the issue.
If not, then maybe adding another mapped drive to the same location might help.
Re: Font Folder on network drive
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:17 pm
by rtce
Rebooted, removed the mapped drive from the Font Folders dialog and then added from there - that seemed to recognize it and load the fonts. Odd. Thanks for the help!