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The original poster reports sudden issues with corrupted fonts and jumbled icons, especially noticeable in alert windows and notifications. A responder suggests running system file check and repair commands—'sfc /scannow' and 'dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth'—to fix potential system file corruption. The thread's overall tone is technical and solution-oriented, aiming to resolve display issues caused by system file problems.
twenty9tech

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All of a sudden I have a PC that has messed up fonts and icons. The desktop icons are normal but if an alert window pops up or an outlook notification it is all jumbled. see the image.

Thanks in Advance!
An image from 'Fonts and Icons messed up!'. A blurry webpage layout displaying various categories with brief descriptions under a search bar.
 

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Neemobeer

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Try running
sfc /scannow
-or-
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
 

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