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Well i have no idea what the difference is but i tried it in debug mode and it worked, Then i tried it not in debug mode and it worked. i haven't changed anything in the script or workflow Thank you all for your help, when i was trying before it must have been some program interfering with it.

Ah, sorry I'm triggering it by Keyword. i just tried it by hotkey as well, exactly the same thing, flashes up for a moment then disappears again.

The app already opens in the background by itself , I am trying to force it to show its window though its keyboard shortcut. I have been trying to use the workflow action 'run script' and run 'nsAppleScript' They work in that the window flashes up but as the app has no dock icon and is just a floating window the focus reverts to the previous window. The script works perfectly if i trigger it from the terminal manually. It does not work if i use the 'terminal command' action to run the script.

Hi I use fluidApp( http://fluidapp.com/ ) for a whole bunch of websites and like to pin then to the task menu so they are still running but are out of sight. I have been trying to find a way to get Alfred to force them to activate but have been running into trouble with Alfred setting the focus back to the previously running app. The closest i have gotten is a workflow that Opens the app and then had a output script to send a hotkey to the system that brings the window to the front. This causes the app to pop up for a second or two before focus returns to the previous window causing the fluidapp to close. Is there a flag i can set on a workflow to disable to focus setting behaviour? Thank you the sample applescript i'm using: on is_running(appName) tell application "System Events" to (name of processes) contains appName end is_running on activate_app() tell application "System Events" keystroke "m" using {command down, shift down, option down, control down} end tell end activate_app if is_running("APPNAME") then activate_app() return "Running" else tell application "APP" to activate delay (1) activate_app() end if