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Pressing enter with app search result selected opens the "recently selected files" pane instead of opening the app


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My Alfred App is up-to-date, but this has been an issue since Alfred 4. I didn't change any settings before this "bug" started to occur, and it only happens on one computer.

 

I want to restore the default action when pressing enter to open the selected application, not reveal the recently selected files. I'm not holding any modifier keys when I press enter. The attached screenshots show what appears when I press enter when I try to open Photoshop and WhatsApp, as examples.

 

How can I fix this? Thank you in advance

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  • 3 weeks later...
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@alectivism do you have any keyboard remapping tools installed or using a 3rd party keyboard? These are the most likely culprits.

 

Also, what options do you have enabled in the Prefs > Features > Universal Actions > Show Actions and the Selection Hotkey? Perhaps try unsetting the ones you aren't actively using.

 

Finally, do you have any of the Action Modifiers in Prefs > Advanced set (i.e. alt+return to show actions). If so, unselect this.

 

Cheers,

Andrew

Posted

Thanks Andrew! I think you are right that it was a remapping tool. I opened one of these that I hadn't used in a long time, and it must have cleared some misconfiguration when I opened it because Alfred works as expected now. Much appreciated.

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