Accessing Windows 7 Font Manager from Rainmeter

[learninginsight]

So, I want to open up the Windows 7 Font Manager (Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Fonts) using Rainmeter.

For info, I referenced the Rainmeter documentation http://docs.rainmeter.net/tips/launching-windows-special-folders.

LeftMouseUpAction=["Shell:Fonts"] let's me open the Windows\Font directory, but that's not what I want.

LeftMouseUpAction=["Shell:::{93412589-74D4-4E4E-AD0E-E0CB621440FD}"] let's me open the Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Fonts\Font settings, but that's not what I want.

LeftMouseUpAction=["Shell:::{BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948534}"] doesn't do anything. Literally nothing happens.

Don't think I have a syntax problem, because the other two commands work just fine ... just don't do what I want.

Any help appreciated at this stage. I tried Googling for other CLSID lookup references to verify I had the correct CLSID, but no luck.

Any thoughts? tips? suggestions?

Thanks!

P.S. Newbie here ... not sure if I posted in the right place, but figured I would run it up the flag pole. If I need to move this somewhere else, just let me know.

[jsmorley]

At least in Windows 8.1, going to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Fonts is exactly the same as ["Shell:Fonts"]

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[learninginsight]

Thanks for the quick response.

I'm stuck with Windows 7 Home Premium until the next upgrade.

For me, ["Shell:Fonts"] opens the \Windows\Fonts\ directory.

I'm still flummoxed by the CLSID ["Shell:::{BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948534}"] that doesn't do anything.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for the CLSID info? After googling, I found two different CLSIDs for Fonts, and in my case, neither one does anything.

["Shell:::{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524152}"]
["Shell:::{BD84B380-8CA2-1069-AB1D-08000948534}"]

I'm guessing this isn't a Rainmeter issue, but a Windows one ...

[fonpaolo]

I'm using W7 Pro x64 and as you described the shell command doesn't do nothing.
However, this is working:

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LeftMouseUpAction=[control fonts]

[learninginsight]

Bingo!

Works!

Great!

Thanks!

First time posting and appreciate the help.

[fonpaolo]

You're welcome!
...and be careful, once you start with Rainmeter, you'll become addicted!