I'm running a Windows 2019 Terminal Server in a domain environment (and hence have no local admin account, just the domain admin account). When I log on as administrator and install fonts, they are installed just for this user (i.e. the admin).
The ttf files end up in C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts and not in C:\Windows\Fonts. Also, the font is registered in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts and not in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts.
I have even run a vbs script that installs fonts and ran this through a scheduled task using the SYSTEM account, but that put the fonts into C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts, i.e. local to the SYSTEM account.
Is there some way to force installation of fonts for all users?
Best Answer
The answer is simple: When one right-clicks on a font, there is the well known option to "install" it. Right below is an option to "install for all users" which does what I want.
(Sorry for having been blind here, I have used this function so often that I hadn't read the menu anymore and totally overlooked the "install for all users".)