ps1 font install script not working

[deepfriedbutter]

I can run this script locally on the box and it works fine, but it does not work when I run it through batchpatch. It does not work through deployment, remote command or remote command logged. It just exits with code 0 and that’s it, so it appears to work, but it does not. Please help!

Thanks in advance

$FONTS = 0x14



# Set path to the fonts dir

$FromPath="\nasserverDocumentsbatchpatchfonts_2017"



$objShell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application

$objFolder = $objShell.Namespace($FONTS)



$CopyOptions = 4 + 16

$CopyFlag = [String]::Format("{0:x}", $CopyOptions)



#loop through each directory in the specified path looking for files with extensions starting with .tt or .o

foreach($File in $(Get-ChildItem -Path $FromPath -Include *.ttf,*.otf,*.fon,*.fnt -Recurse)) {

If (test-path "c:windowsfonts$($File.name)")

#  {"$File already exists - not copying"}  #Useful for testing

{}

Else

{

$CopyFlag = [String]::Format("{0:x}", $CopyOptions)

#      "copying $($file.fullname)"           # Useful for debugging



#installs fonts found in above loop to the Fonts directory

$objFolder.CopyHere($File.fullname, $CopyOptions)



New-ItemProperty -Name $File.fullname -Path "HKLM:SoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts" -PropertyType string -Value $File



}

}

[doug]

I would suggest a few things to try:

1. Change the ‘remote execution context’ to ‘Elevated token’ and then try again and see if it works.

BatchPatch Remote Execution Context

2. Change the \nasserver path in the script to a local/relative path instead of one that reaches out to a remote server. If your script is made to *not* access a remote path and instead is made to access the files locally (locally on the target computer), I suspect it will work.

Deploying a Script with Relative Instead of Absolute Paths

3. Follow the tutorial linked below that explains another way to deploy fonts:

Remotely Install OpenType (.otf) or TrueType (.ttf) Fonts

Please report back and let us know what you try and what works for you.

Thanks,

Doug

[deepfriedbutter]

1. I’ve tried this and it does not help – the script doesn’t seem to run at all. no fonts are copied.

2. Will try.

3. The problem with this method is I have 100 servers and 88 fonts. I started with this method but it doesn’t scale well.

Thanks so much for your help!

[deepfriedbutter]

2. worked!

I did a file copy of the whole folder with the fonts then changed the path to the local path with the ps1 script inside the fonts folder. I believe this is a better method of installing fonts rather than creating a manual entry for each one.

consider me a happy camper!

thank you!!

[doug]

Excellent. Thanks for following up. I’m glad that 2 worked. I also understand that 3 does not scale well. I’ll ask the team to re-work the script so that it can be used for any number of fonts without having to fill in so much code.

-Doug

[deepfriedbutter]

Hi Doug,

Do we have any updates here?

Thanks!

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