Font User Installation - Powershell (No Admin Password Needed)

FontInstallation.ps1

# Run this as a Computer Startup script to allow installing fonts from C:\InstallFont\
# Based on http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-7/123187-installation-fonts-without-admin-rights-2.html
# Run this as a Computer Startup Script in Group Policy

# Full details on my website - https://mediarealm.com.au/articles/windows-font-install-no-password-powershell/

$SourceDir   = "C:\InstallFont\"
$Source      = "C:\InstallFont\*"
$Destination = (New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application).Namespace(0x14)
$TempFolder  = "C:\Windows\Temp\Fonts"

# Create the source directory if it doesn't already exist
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $SourceDir

New-Item $TempFolder -Type Directory -Force | Out-Null

Get-ChildItem -Path $Source -Include '*.ttf','*.ttc','*.otf' -Recurse | ForEach {
    If (-not(Test-Path "C:\Windows\Fonts\$($_.Name)")) {

        $Font = "$TempFolder\$($_.Name)"
        
        # Copy font to local temporary folder
        Copy-Item $($_.FullName) -Destination $TempFolder
        
        # Install font
        $Destination.CopyHere($Font,0x10)

        # Delete temporary copy of font
        Remove-Item $Font -Force
    }
}

The solution I finally found to install fonts system wide was:

foreach($FontFile in Get-ChildItem $fontSourceFolder -Include '*.ttf','*.ttc','*.otf' -recurse ) {
	$targetPath = Join-Path $SystemFontsPath $FontFile.Name
	if(Test-Path -Path $targetPath){
		$FontFile.Name + " already installed"
	}
	else {
		"Installing font " + $FontFile.Name
		
		#Extract Font information for Reqistry 
		$ShellFolder = (New-Object -COMObject Shell.Application).Namespace($fontSourceFolder)
		$ShellFile = $ShellFolder.ParseName($FontFile.name)
		$ShellFileType = $ShellFolder.GetDetailsOf($ShellFile, 2)

		#Set the $FontType Variable
		If ($ShellFileType -Like '*TrueType font file*') {$FontType = '(TrueType)'}
			
		#Update Registry and copy font to font directory
		$RegName = $ShellFolder.GetDetailsOf($ShellFile, 21) + ' ' + $FontType
		New-ItemProperty -Name $RegName -Path "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts" -PropertyType string -Value $FontFile.name -Force | out-null
		Copy-item $FontFile.FullName -Destination $SystemFontsPath
		"Done"
	}
}

@Sansoria thank you so much! This is exactly what I was looking for, a small code that fits perfectly in a function (plus it works better than others I had found). Tested on Windows 10 Pro 20H2 x64, installs fonts system wide and shows them in Settings and Control Panel.

Also may I suggest you an improvement, although I'm new to PowerShell:
when executing New-ItemProperty, use $null = New-ItemProperty ... instead of New-ItemProperty ... | Out-Null for better performance.
Source: https://powershell-guru.com/powershell-best-practice-12-avoid-out-null/

Thanks again, I wish you a great day :)

I've taken some of the work in this thread along with my own work. It's aimed at storing the fonts in a zip file on a file server share in each AD site and copying the zip file of the font(s) locally then expanding it.

https://gist.github.com/cosine83/e83c44878a6bdeac0c7c59e3dbfd1f71

nice stript dude. It's funny I just showed this to a designer and it blew his mind as the fonts just get installed one by one! I love coding!

The solution I finally found to install fonts system wide was:
...

That's clearly not right, since it will set the $FontType to '(TrueType)' the first time it encounters a TrueType font, and never changes it again for anything that comes after.