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February 11, 2025
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Every time I reinstall ID, the shortcuts set for the scripts are lost.

  • February 11, 2025
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Every time I reinstall ID, the shortcuts set for the scripts are lost. 

If the script is still there and the name hasn't changed, the shortcuts should remain. 

It wastes a lot of time to reset them every time, and they can't be migrated.

 

 It's a bit unscientific. 

Is there a solution for this.

Thank you.

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DTPtutorialyCZ-L.Zalesky
Inspiring
February 12, 2025

Same here, that's why I am using autohotkey to run scripts outside of indesign.

Windows OS. 

leo.r
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leo.rCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 12, 2025

Yes, there's a longstanding bug where keyboard shortcuts assigned to scripts can get lost for no apparent reason. There was a discussion about it months ago.

 

Earlier suggestions in this thread to backup and restore the Keyboard Shortcuts file may help (I never tried it.)

Mike Witherell
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Mike WitherellCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 11, 2025

Take care to backup your en_US folder where nearly all your settings and customizations live.

 

Shortcut sets are .indk file extensions and are automatically stored here:
[macOS] Users/UserName/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version 20.0/en_US/InDesign Shortcut Sets
[Win 10/11] Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Version 20.0\en_US\InDesign Shortcut Sets

 

After a reinstall, you might have to copynpaste the custom keyboard shortcuts file back into this folder location. You might then have to go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, and choose your custom-named shortcut set to get it going again.

 

Also, get to know File > User Settings > Import/Export User Settings

and another feature that is similar:

Edit > Migrate Previous Local Settings

 

Both of these copy customizations like custom Keyboard Shortcuts and can help you get back to a nicely-customized InDesign faster after a re-install or an upgrade.

Mike Witherell
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Robert at ID-Tasker
Legend
February 11, 2025

@Mike Witherell

 

"en_US" depends on the language selected during installation.

 

    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Robert at ID-Tasker
    Legend
    February 11, 2025

    What do you mean by "shortcut" ? 

     

    Can you be more specific how do you use those "shortcuts"? 

     

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