i tried making sfx self extracting but stumbled onto smething else... found an installer..."SETUP2GO" IMPORTED 2,550 FONTS ALSO AN .INF FILE QUOTE [fontS] {LISTING OF ALL FONTS} i used a program called.PRINT FOLDER PRO to make a listing of the contents of my fonts folder (2,550) FONTS and copy/paste it to txt file called it FONTS.INF This installer has the advantage of making an unattended intallation i put an entry in my start.cmd echo. echo insallation of fonts start /wait %systemdrive%\install\applictaions\fonts.exe i set installation path in installer to %systemdrive%\windows\Fonts It even build an uninstall.exe all fonts are registered after install....!!!!!!! i'm a newbee and havn't a clue about programming