[Tex/LaTex] Fontspec and Microsoft Store fonts on Windows 10

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As of April 2018, Windows 10 now installs some fonts through the Microsoft Store or Microsoft Office. These fonts are not installed in the usual font folder C:\Windows\Fonts, but instead in protected folders under C:\Program Files\WindowsApps. The fontspec package can't search this path, so the fonts cannot be used.

Does anyone have a work-around?

Here's a MNWE, compiled with XeLaTeX in the MikTeX package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Georgia Pro}
\begin{document}
Hello, World!
\end{document}

The Georgia Pro font is indeed installed on my machine, as I can use it from within Windows-native apps. Older fonts, such as Georgia load without problems.

Best Answer

You can add the path to your fonts to your localfonts2.conf file. This can be found in C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9\fontconfig\config and/or C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9\fontconfig\config.

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