How to prevent “Build font files failed” in Windows XP How to prevent “Build font files failed” in Windows XP If user is not login Windows XP as administrator, when compiling the project, an error message may be appeared as “Build font file failed, please do not use this font type…”. Please follow below steps to clean the error. (Below steps are only available when PC hard-disk is not locked by administrator.) 1 How to prevent “Build font files failed” in Windows XP 1. Please go to EasyBuilder Pro.exe and right-click to select “Properties” 2. Click “Compatibility” and select “WinNT” in “Run this program in compatibility mode for:” 2 How to prevent “Build font files failed” in Windows XP 3. Click OK to finish the settings and the project can be compiled correct. If the PC hard-disk is locked by administrator, please ask the MIS to open the rights for Windows XP user group, the user has to set up as follow steps. 1. Please do not check the “Use simple file sharing (Recommended)”. 3 How to prevent “Build font files failed” in Windows XP 2. Go to C: hard-disk and right-click to select “Properties / Security tab”. On the authority of Users group, the “Write” must be checked. Note: Security tab for the properties of files or folders in Windows XP Professional is the important functionality that enable administrators and users to define security permissions and rights for particular user or group to the computer resources. By default, Windows XP Professional follows recommended setting to enable the use of simple file sharing that hide the Security tab, leaving you with only General, Sharing, Web Sharing & Customize tabs as in the Simple File Sharing UI. So to see and unhide the Security tab, just use the following steps: 1. Launch Windows Explorer or My Computer. 2. Click on the Tools at the menu bar, then click on Folder Options. 3. Click on View tab. 4 How to prevent “Build font files failed” in Windows XP 4. In the Advanced Settings section at the bottom of the list, uncheck and unselect (clear the tick) on the “Use simple file sharing (Recommended)” check box. 5. Click OK. Security tab is available only to Administrator or users with administrative rights. So make sure you login as one. And security can only be set in an NTFS partition. If you’re still having problem to reveal or display the Security tab on files or folder properties, check out the following registry hack and set the value to 0 or simply delete the key: Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Key: Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Name: Nosecuritytab Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1 If you’re using a Windows XP Professional system that is installed in a Workgroup, the Security tab is also hidden by default because in Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional, guests are forced to log on to a workgroup. Follow the instruction and information on Microsoft Knowledge Base where you need to set the value for ForceGuest registry key. 5