Creating a new hyperlink creates "serious error"

[leannz30751615]

Creatiing a text-anchor hyperlink in a book between one chapter and amother. No problems until last update. I choose Create New Hyperlink, browse to find the chapter I want to link to; dialog box popup asks me to save CURRENT chapter as itself. ??? No way out of this so I choose OK, which creates a "serious error" that forces InDesign to close and have to recover the document. 

[Eugene Tyson]

Try resetting your preferences:
The easiest way to reset everything is to delete the InDesign preferences: as soon as InDesign starts to boot hold down Shift, Alt, Ctrl (and Apple/Cmd if working on a Macintosh). A dialog will appear asking to delete the InDesign Preferences, select 'Yes' on this dialog.
Further info and instructions here if needed:
https://helpx.adobe.com/in/indesign/kb/indesign-preferences-support-file-locations.html

[leannz30751615]

I have too many preferences/workspace settings to re-set them all. This doesn't have anything to do with preferences, it has to do with a software bug that's popping up the wrong dialog box.

[Eugene Tyson]

Resetting the preferences has very little to do with resetting your personal preferences.

You can back up your workspaces and settings.

1. Go to: ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe/Adobe InDesign

2. Navigate to Version X.0/en_us/Workspaces and you'll find your workspace files

Copy and place the workspace files in the exact same location on the new Macintosh and launch InDesign -- you should see them in the menu.

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Resetting the InDesign preferences removes minor corruption that may have built up in the programme - which can happen - which is why the option is available.

And and resolve minor 'buggy' issues.

[leannz30751615]

Holding down Shift, Control, Option and Apple key does not produce a dialog box to reset prefs? Program just starts up as normal.

[Eugene Tyson · Accepted solution]

Shift+Option+Command+Control

[leannz30751615]

Thanks, but the program is just loading like normal with no dialog popup. Held down buttons in that exact order the second after I clicked on icon to launch the program.