Launchpad F4 Button Not Working?

[Mykonos]

Mountain Lion thus far has been a superior update. Except for the little bugs here and there, it seems like a true sucessor.

However, my Launchpad button stopped working! I've tried deleting the symbolickey.plist trick, but it still hasn't come on. Anyone have any idea how to fix this?

Much love!

 

[bdodds1985]

I had the same problem in lion and restoring keyboard shortcuts in sys pref worked fine. maybe that and relaunch finder or a reboot.

 

[Mykonos]

I had the same problem in lion and restoring keyboard shortcuts in sys pref worked fine. maybe that and relaunch finder or a reboot.

I've tried this as well and it doesn't seem to work either. Right now my fix is a Function Flip add-on :/ but in the long term this isn't enough

 

[Nielsenius]

The Launchpad key isn't working for me, either.

 

[Mykonos]

The Launchpad key isn't working for me, either.

Yeah same. Did you try deleting the symbolickey.plist as well?

 

[Yamcha]

Yup same here, doesn't seem to be working..

 

[Mykonos]

Anyone know the fix for this?

 

[Nielsenius]

Yeah same. Did you try deleting the symbolickey.plist as well?

No I didn't. Where is that located and why would I delete it? Is that supposed to fix the issue?

 

[Mykonos]

No I didn't. Where is that located and why would I delete it? Is that supposed to fix the issue?

It supposedly resets the values that are wrong with your function keys. Its under Home/Library/Preferences/ com.apple.symbolickeys.plist if I'm not mistake!

 

[Nielsenius]

It supposedly resets the values that are wrong with your function keys. Its under Home/Library/Preferences/ com.apple.symbolickeys.plist if I'm not mistake!

EDIT: I got the Launchpad key working! Just as I thought, replacing the existing com.apple.symbolickeys.plist file with the old Lion file works. Navigate to Home/Library/Preferences/ and drag and drop this downloaded .plist file:

http://www.mediafire.com/?10kc0z6myu8r9w8

Now, reboot/logout-login and the Launchpad key should work!

 

[Mykonos]

EDIT: I got the Launchpad key working! Just as I thought, replacing the existing com.apple.symbolickeys.plist file with the old Lion file works. Navigate to Home/Library/Preferences/ and drag and drop this downloaded .plist file:

http://www.mediafire.com/?10kc0z6myu8r9w8

Now, reboot/logout-login and the Launchpad key should work!

Sick! Where is this file from?

 

[Nielsenius]

Sick! Where is this file from?

It's from a Time Machine backup of Lion that I had installed before Mountain Lion. Don't worry, it's not a virus

 

[Mykonos]

It's from a Time Machine backup of Lion that I had installed before Mountain Lion. Don't worry, it's not a virus

It does work, thank you! I don't know what sort of trickier this is, but I like it

 

[MikeLord]

EDIT: I got the Launchpad key working! Just as I thought, replacing the existing com.apple.symbolickeys.plist file with the old Lion file works. Navigate to Home/Library/Preferences/ and drag and drop this downloaded .plist file:

http://www.mediafire.com/?10kc0z6myu8r9w8

Now, reboot/logout-login and the Launchpad key should work!

Sweet Baby Jebus! I could hug you! Thanks!

 

[YoungKevin]

I did everything you said and it still doesn't won't for me. I'm Mountain Lion beta 2