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--- action:Open_a_File_Folder_or_Application [2016/05/29 16:39] – JMTX template + add forum link & internal links alain
+++ action:Open_a_File_Folder_or_Application [2024/04/30 03:55] (current) – peternlewis
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+====== Open a File Folder or Application Action ======
 The //Open a File Folder or Application// action allows you to open an item and to select the application to open it with.
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 Select from the //with// pop-up which application to open the item with.
-===== See Also =====
+(!) Note that this is almost never the right action to use to launch an application.  Instead, use the [[action:Activate_a_Specific_Application|Activate a Specific Application]] action, which will both launch and activate the application.  If you really want to use this action, ensure you select the Finder as the application to use to “open” the application - otherwise the system may try to open the application as a document using some other application, which is highly unlikely to be what you want to do (except in very rare circumstances, like perhaps opening an application with a compression utility to compress it for network transport).
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+===== See Also =====
 === Actions ===
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 * [[action:Open a URL|Open a URL]]
 * [[:Actions|See all Actions]]
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 ==== Forum ====
 - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/stationary-pad-file-not-duplicated-when-opened/3039/2|Stationary Pad File Not Duplicated When Opened]]
-- [[https://www.google.fr/search?q=site:forum.keyboardmaestro.com+Open+File+Folder+or+Application|Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Open a File Folder or Application]]