From c6bba333de3cea58c60e28579a69a821d9b1aaee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leonardo Taglialegne Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:22:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add Unlocker instructions --- IntelliJ-products-instructions.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/IntelliJ-products-instructions.md b/IntelliJ-products-instructions.md index 1877968..25117e8 100644 --- a/IntelliJ-products-instructions.md +++ b/IntelliJ-products-instructions.md @@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ If you see something like that Open `cmd.exe`, `cd C:\Windows\Fonts` and then `del` every file that looks like `FiraCode-Regular_**.ttf`. NB these files are invisible if you open `Fonts` in Explorer +If the files are locked you can use [Unlocker](http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/). In details you should: +* Install unlocker +* Open `cmd.exe` as admin (press the Windows key, type `cmd` and right click on the result to run it as admin) +* `subst q: c:\windows\fonts`, replace `q` with any other letter if you already have an unit with that name +* Open unlocker from the start menu, `Start Unlocker` +* Select any file named `FiraCode-Regular_**.ttf` from the `q` unit, select `Delete` and press `Unlock all` (you could also try simply closing the applications if you can) +* type `subst /D q:` inside the command prompt to remove the new unit + Issue: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-159901 ### Prior to 2016.2