Fails to Launch app in subfolder of Applications folder

[renforter]

I have an application that installed in a subfolder of the Application folder. In Alfred 4 I had no problem launching it by just typing the app name and hitting enter.

In Alfred 5 it does not appear in the list when I type the name. It would be nice to restore this capability. It wont run if I move the app into the Applications folder.

 

[renforter]

In the meantime how can I create a hotkey that will launch this and other apps in subfolders?

I have been scouring help and getting burned out. Your help is appreciated.

 

[Stephen_C]

1. What version of macOS are you using?
2. What is your Search Scope under Alfred Preferences → Features → Default Results?

I ask only because I am able to use Alfred launch applications in sub-folders of the Applications folder.

 

Stephen

[renforter]

Thanks for responding on this issue!
macos 12.6.3
I went and added the two folders to the Default Results Scope list.
I STILL cant bring up apps in either of those two folders.
Apps in the Utilities folder do come up in Alfred 5.0.6

Roger

[Vero]

@renforter Could you please open Alfred's preferences to Help > Troubleshooting > File Troubleshooting and drag the apps in question into the File Troubleshooter?

 

If you could please paste the full output in your reply, we'll be able to see what metadata is present or missing for those apps, which will make it easier for us to help you from there

[odapg]

I have the same issue of apps in subfolders of /Applications/ not showing in Alfred (version 5.5 in macos Ventura 13.7)

The concerned apps do show up in Spotlight, and in Alfred provided that I reset the Search Scope to "full disk".

 

But they do no longer appear if I restrict the scope to /Applications/ (including when I explicitly put the subfolder in the search scope field as well).

 

So far I tried:

- to check the unix authorizations on the subfolder

- to clear Alfred's cache

- to rebuild macOS metadata

- to use Alfred's troubleshooting, which says

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check file is in search scope...

✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check MDQuery file search...

❌ macOS did not return a match for this file in your search scope. Try resetting Alfred's Preferences > Features > Default Results > Search Scope > Reset... to "Reset to Full Disk"

File Search Results for search scope (
)

File Search Results for ~/ (
)

File Search Results for / (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/TeX/DeTeXt.app"
)

-----------------------------------------------------------

❌ Troubleshooting failed

 

Any clue? 

[Andrew]

@odapg Try adding /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/ to Alfred's search scope.

 

This should be inherently added when /Applications/ is added, but if there is an underlying issue in the macOS index, this link may not exist.

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[odapg]

@Andrew Many thanks for your answer. This did not solve the issue, but by chance I finally found a (rather strange) solution.

I describe it here in case it can help someone else.

 

I noticed that my subfolder (originally created within Finder) had no "extended attributes" (as seen by the absence of @ at the end of permissions when I used ls -l in /Applications/)

 

So I created another subfolder in /Applications/, by using the mkdir command in Terminal this time and transferred the apps there. Now it works!

 

Thanks again,

Olivier.