Hello, font groups won't uninstall

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Alkhemy
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Hello, font groups won't uninstall

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Hello, font groups won´t uninstall, they just keep there forever, any help to fix this?
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Do you see the option to delete the group on the context menu?
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Re: Hello, font groups won't uninstall

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No, only the "uninstall", no delete on my menu
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It must be a sync fobt folder.

It is best to upgrade to the latest version, but even with your version it can be deleted through font folders.
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Re: Hello, font groups won't uninstall

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Thanks a lot,

how I do that? (deleted through font folders)
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Please first read the manual.
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Re: Hello, font groups won't uninstall

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Sorry, I did, but I still can´t figure out how to delete those groups (now they are empty folders), I would appreciate a step-by-step guide, (I do not understand why it is so difficult in this program to install or uninstall an empty group)

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Re: Hello, font groups won't uninstall

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Re: Hello, font groups won't uninstall

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Alkhemy wrote: Fri Jul 06, 2018 2:33 amI do not understand why it is so difficult in this program to install or uninstall an empty group.
If it is synced, it is not possible. If it is not synced, it is easy.
  1. Open the Font Folder (Ctrl L) from the Library Menu
  2. Edit the folder that the group belongs to
  3. Remove the tick from the "Keep in sync" checkbox
  4. Now you can delete the group
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Re: Hello, font groups won't uninstall

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Thank´s lot sir you have been a great help.

It would be good in the next updates, that the administration of the groups, a dialogue box warns that the group can not be eliminated because it is in sync, plus how to proceed to eliminate it.

All the best.
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Re: Hello, font groups won't uninstall

Post by PatrickOfLondon »

I had this problem and solved it by looking here -- thanks to all for that.

As a suggestion: in the "Groups" panel's pictorial toolbar, maybe a new button could be added, to bring up the Font Folders dialogue?

I've tried to show what I mean in the attached image: the suggested new button is at the right-hand end of the pictorial toolbar.
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