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I had the same problem. I reset the PRAM and nothing, this is what I found worked so far. The user library is hidden. To bring it up open terminal then 'cd library' then 'open .'

This will bring up a finder window for the hidden folder,

go to preferences and delete the com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist file

log out and back in, you may have to manually set other shortcuts you have made before, but you can set the launchpad shortcut to f5 now.

Hi,

i have exatly the same problem and found the library and the preferences folder. But:

There is no file like: com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist

Anyone an idea?

There is a library in the root directory, which contains system-wide information. Each user account has its own library in which it stores user preferences. That means F5 can mean different things in different user accounts.

*Log into the account in question.

*Click on the desktop so the Finder menu is visible

*Press Shift-Command-G, or select "Go to Folder" from the Go menu (it's near the bottom)

*Enter ~/Library in the box and press Return

*Find and delete com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist

*Log out, then log back into the same account

*In System Preferences, go to the Keyboard tab

*Click on "LaunchPad & Dock" on the left

*Assign the function key to Launchpad

*Click on "Mission Control" on the left

*Put a check in the second box that is labeled "Mission Control"

This last step restores control+arrow to move from Deskop to Desktop

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Thanks for your instructions. I allready did this. But:

I could not find the file called com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist so i can not delet it.

Could please anybody check his system if there is a com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist file and where?

Thanks!

com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist is in ~/Library/Preferences

after you delete it you should restart to see the results

If you are searching for it with Command-F, it might not show up because Lion's search feature does not find system files by default. Try this:

*Press Command-F in the Finder to bring up a Search window.

*Click on Kind pop-up menu near the top of the window

*From the drop-down list, select Other

*Enter System in the Search field

*Check the In Menu check box next to the System Files entry that appears in this window

Now search for com.apple.symbolickeys.plist

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Here's an easier way to access the hidden home library file: under the finder menu bar click GO, press and hold the option key. You should now see the hidden library folder appear in the list. Click on the library folder and search the library folder for the file, or look for it in the preferences folder.

Wow that´s crazy, isn´t it?

It did exaktly as i have been told, but nothing! There is no such file! It Also checked the Admin account and really shut down (no in / out logging, no restarting) the system and started again. Befor and after: No com.apple.symbolickeys.plist

I did a screeshot where i´m looking for com.apple.symbolickeys.plist mayby i´m completely wrong:

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After all these posts, and I just noticed it now. You are looking for the wrong file! It is:

com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist

when you delete it, also delete this one if it exists:

com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist.lockfile

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I also can not find one of these files.

By the way: I also tried to reset PRAM. Nothing different.

I think its a bug und i have to wait until 10.7.1

com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist also contains these settings:

Control+right and control+left moves from desktop to desktop

Control+1, Control+2, and so forth, go to the specified desktop

Option+Command+D shows and hides the dock

Control-Up shows Mission Control

F12 (or Fn F12) shows the dashboard

If any of those work, it's mystery. Maybe the file is invisible. Not likely. It can't be a bug in Lion, or lots and lots of people would have this problem. It can't be a corrupt installation file, because the problem is too specific. It could be that reinstallation or recovery would fix it. You have an Apple Store in München, so you could ask a Genius there. I think that is the best bet.

This is a system file. If it doesn't exist at log in, Lion creates it. It should not be missing. It occurs to me just now that the Preferences folder might have the wrong permissions and that could prevent Lion from creating the file. Your user account should own the Permissions folder and have read and write privileges. The everyone group should have no access. There should not be any other entries in the name column beyond those two.

Don't apply to enclosed items just yet. The plist files have the same permissions, but the lockfiles have an additional entry granting Wheel read-only access.

The preference folder that conatins the plist(s) is in the users home library folder. This folder is hidden in the users home folder. The HD library folder can be seen but not the users library. To access the user library folder: In finder click GO in the menu bar, then press and hold the option key, a library folder will pop up on the list when the option key is pressed. In this library folder is the prefrence folder for individual user plist files. The user library folder is hidden and wont come up on a search, unless you are actively in that folder. Hope this helps

Thats it!

Got the folder in users home library, deleted

com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist

and

com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist.lockfile

looked out and looked in, put the functions new on the key. Works fine + perfect!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

I'm just wondering what sort of ramifications deleting this system file will have.

I deleted both the com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist and .plist.lockfile files as my fn key was also bringing up mission control. This solved my problem but the file didn't regenerate after restarting my computer... should it?