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action:Open_a_File_Folder_or_Application [2017/03/05 21:24] peternlewis [Forum] |
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| Select from the //with// pop-up which application to open the item with. | 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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| === Actions === | === Actions === | ||
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| * [[action:Open a URL|Open a URL]] | * [[action:Open a URL|Open a URL]] | ||
| * [[:Actions|See all Actions]] | * [[:Actions|See all Actions]] | ||
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action/Open_a_File_Folder_or_Application.1488767095.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/03/05 21:24 by peternlewis
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