Install Fonts Remotely With Powershell

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I found this awesome Windows powershell script that allows you to install fonts via the command line. This is very convenient for mass deployment.
$ssfFonts = 0x14
$fontSourceFolder = 'PATHTOFONTS'
$Shell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
$SystemFontsFolder = $Shell.Namespace($ssfFonts)
$FontFiles = Get-ChildItem $fontSourceFolder
$SystemFontsPath = $SystemFontsFolder.Self.Path
$rebootFlag = $false
foreach($FontFile in $FontFiles) {
# $FontFile will be copied to this path:
$targetPath = Join-Path $SystemFontsPath $FontFile.Name
# So, see if target exists..
if(Test-Path $targetPath){
# font file with the same name already there.
# delete and replace.
$rebootFlag = $true
Remove-Item $targetPath -Force
Copy-Item $FontFile.FullName $targetPath -Force
}else{
#install the font.
$SystemFontsFolder.CopyHere($FontFile.fullname)
}
}
#Follow-up message
if($rebootFlag){
Write-Host 'At least one existing font overwritten. A reboot may be necessary.'
}

I had to install a bunch of fonts on many computers and the stuff on Google wasn't much help.
So, I thought about it for like two seconds and came up with a way to install the fonts remotely.

1. Install the fonts like normal on the a test system.

2. Go to that systems registry
a.Start>run>regedit
b. Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts
c. R-Click on the fonts folder and select export (export it to your desktop)
d. Delete all of the fonts listed in the exported file, except the ones you want to deploy
e. Also, Do NOT delete these lines:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionFonts]

3. Copy the script below (Make sure to change the paths to refelect your network / BTW it is a batch file!)

————Copy Everything Below This Line————
xcopy 'SERVER NAME HERESharesFONTWordPerfect Fonts*.*' 'C:WINDOWSFonts' /Y /C /Q
xcopy 'SERVER NAME HEREDeployRegkeysfonts.reg' 'C:scripts' /Y /C /Q
regedit /S C:scriptsfonts.reg
————Copy Everything Above This Line————

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Deploy this via a logon script or Altiris
*** The computer will need to be rebooted for the added fonts to register, you could always add
(shutdown.exe -r -f -t 10) to the end of the script!

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