TechergyC
Level 1
(0 points)
Q: Why does the enter key open files instead of renaming?
Hello all,
I have had weird issue where if I try to rename a file or folder from finder and press enter it opens the file or folder instead of allowing me to rename the item. I have made a test account and the enter key works as I expected it to, so why won't it work on my main account?
I do not believe that I have remapped any keys, and I have checked all keyboard shortcuts and have not seen that anything has changed.
Hope that someone can help me with this issue, thank you and hope to hear from someone soon
TechergyC
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
Eric Root
Level 9
(74,186 points)
Try booting into the Safe Mode. Shut down the computer and then power it back up. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once.
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