For Windows 8.1 the process is a bit trickier, because "seguiemj.ttf" is a system file. It's protected by TrustedInstaller and you can't normally update. There are 2 ways to update it: Change permissions on the original "seguiemj.ttf" and update the file, as mentioned in the OP; Change the name of the font to something else, like "seguiemj2.ttf" and paste it in C:\Windows\Fonts. Then go to the registry and alter the following line: Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts] "Segoe UI Emoji (TrueType)"="seguiemj2.ttf" You'll need to reboot after for the font to take effect system wide. I prefer the second method, honestly. From my testing Firefox shows the up to date emojies with no issues.
In Windows 8.1, first copy seguiemj.ttf to root drive C:, or D : you can boot with a DVD or USB of Windows 8.1, select language, and type shift+f10 to open Command prompt In the cmd do cd /D C: cd Windows cd Fonts dir seguiemj* To detect the presence of the file Next type this del seguiemj.ttf cd /D D: (or C: ) copy seguiemj.ttf C:\Windows\Fonts To verify that seguiemj new is present cd C:\Windows\ Fonts dir seguiemj* If the file Is 3 megabytes it's the emoji font from Windows 10 The original 8.1 Is very small file and contains ugly emojis Correct my steps if I'm wrong Thanks
Yes, it's equivalent to my first step, though I don't recommend it, because it will trigger Windows File Protection. I prefer the second method because it's non intrusive. To each their own, though
This method can do errors on the system? Thanks for your method, I don't know of this, I will try it when install 8.1 Other thing: Is there a working fix for thumbnails auto-deleting at reboot in Windows 8.1? It's the main reason (and only) which I use Windows 7 now. Windows 10 it's compatible with this PC, but I don't want it because slow operations like converting audio and video, I think the antimalware scans everything
I'm not aware of that issue nor do I know if there's a fix. You could always try and check the Hotfix section of the 8.1 updates download list on WHDownloader. Maybe a lone patch could fix it.
To my knowledge, this is only in Windows 10. You need to exclude the Thumbnail cache from automatic cleaning (by the Maintenance task). Regfiles: Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Thumbnail Cache] "Autorun"=dword:00000000 Regfile for reversing: Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Thumbnail Cache] "Autorun"=dword:00000001