<driver-name>

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Font Drivers

Data type	Range	Default value
REG_SZ	file name	file name

Description

The <driver-name> entry is a variable representing the entries under the Font Drivers subkey. It does not actually appear in the registry. This variable entry displays information which is common to the entries in the Font Drivers subkey.

Stores a list of external font drivers installed on the system.

There is an entry in the Font Drivers subkey for each font driver installed in Windows 2000. Each of these entries has the following format:

Driver name REG_SZ File name

For example,

Adobe Type Manager REG_SZ atmfd.dll

indicates that the driver for Adobe Type Manager is in the file atmfd.dll. The driver files are stored in Systemroot\WINNT\system32.

Change method

To change the value of this entry, use the program supplied by your font vendor for adding and removing drivers.

Note Image Note

The bitmap, vector, and TrueType drivers are built in to Windows 2000 and do not appear in the value of this entry. The Adobe Type Manager driver for PostScript fonts which ships with Windows 2000 does appear in this entry.