Windows commandline utility that will install fonts.

Michael Mattsson (mats@ymail.com)
https://github.com/mdmattsson/WinFontInstall

Find the latest release here: https://github.com/mdmattsson/WinFontInstall/releases/latest

⚠️ Warning: Do not push the big red button.

Usage:
WinFontInstaller [options] [-f]

Params:
-c,--copy copies files to font folder.
-m,--move moves files to font folder.
-u,--user installs font to current users font folder.
-a,--all installs font to windows font folder.
-f,--folder source folder of fonts to be installed reside.

If you...

...run WinFontInstall.exe without any command-line switches:

• WinFontInstall will remove any stale font registrations in the registry.
• WinFontInstall will repair any missing font registrations for fonts located in the C:\Windows\Fonts directory (this step will be skipped for .fon fonts if WinFontInstall cannot determine which fonts should have "hidden" registrations).

...run WinFontInstall.exe with the /copy or /move switch:

• WinFontInstall will install all files with a .fon, .ttf, .ttc, or .otf file extension located in the CURRENT DIRECTORY (which might not necessarily be the directory in which WinFontInstall is located). Installation will entail copying/moving the files to C:\Windows\Fonts and then registering the fonts.
• WinFontInstall will remove any stale font registrations in the registry.
• WinFontInstall will repair any missing font registrations for fonts located in the C:\Windows\Fonts directory (this step will be skipped for .fon fonts if WinFontInstall cannot determine which fonts should have "hidden" registrations).

WinFontInstall makes 2 install modes switches available:

WinFontInstall /all
requires admin privileges and installs the font(s) to the main Windows Font folder for all users (C:\Windows\Fonts).

WinFontInstall /user
does NOT require admin privileges and installed the font(s) will be for the current user only (C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts). This is handy when running the application from a login script (I use it in my Windows git bashrc file to automatically install nerdfonts.)

WinFontInstall.exe is intended as a replacement for Microsoft's outdated fontinst.exe, and like fontinst.exe, WinFontInstall.exe is fully silent--it will not print messages, pop up dialogs, etc.; the process exit code will be 0 if there was no error.