# Which system fonts can be removed from Windows 10 without affecting Mp3tag appearance? \[And how?\]

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**Created:** [August 6, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/which-system-fonts-can-be-removed-from-windows-10-without-affecting-mp3tag-appearance-and-how/46098 "2019-08-06T18:50:42Z")
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### Author: ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/which-system-fonts-can-be-removed-from-windows-10-without-affecting-mp3tag-appearance-and-how/46098/5 "2019-08-28T13:57:42Z")

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> [@MP3Freak\_Peter](#):
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> not an good idea I think... maybe you should use an dedicated system your lasercutter.

I cannot afford to have a system / computer just for machines, another for audio, another for watching movies etc. - and also do not want to. I will only have a laptop serving as a last resort, that will not have a system tweaked to my likening [because it takes too much of my time and energy]

> [@MP3Freak\_Peter](#):
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> Removing (most) fonts will cause multiple problems in multiple software.

Yes, there are problems

That is why I will first test such removal thoroughly before incorporating it into my system

> [@MP3Freak\_Peter](#):
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> Maybe it would be better to usee control panlel to remove fonts  
> [windowskey+R] -\> Control [return] -\> Fonts  
> instead of removing files from font directory.

I did not knew that way. And believe me that I asked friends who are into computers and googled this issue- nobody ever reported the existence of that way. And this excess of fonts is something I was sealing with since around Windows XP

And apparently it works, as I just quickly checked it out. But as I said, I will have to test it thoroughly  
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In a meanwhile of also the

> [@Zerow](#):
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> I will be getting a new machine with Windows 10, which is suppose to have as little fonts installed as possible  
> [...]

I accidentally made such discovery: Mp3tag is able to somehow find and use the supposedly missing graphic signs [which are residing in the removed fonts?] for a third party software during execution of that software from Mp3tag

I have just described that in more details in the thread

> [@Sending files to FileDate Changer does not work - AND - Mp3tag overrides fonts system settings](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sending-files-to-filedate-changer-does-not-work-and-mp3tag-overrides-fonts-system-settings/46261):
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> There is this freeware software by NirSoft called FileDate Changer. It allows for tampering with 3 kinds of dates of files The problem is that I am unable to send filed to it from Mp3tag via the File \> Options \> Tools feature. As a parameter I tried using fo it "%\_PATH%" plus its variations written with minuscule and without quotes. I did also that with both the for all selected files box being checked and unchecked. All I get is the window of the software but loaded up in a wrong way- be…

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