Missing required parameter from for method open & shortcut for export not working in InDesign 2020

[Forms Maker]

I have the message in indesign show Missing required parameter 'from' for method 'open' each time I double click on any indesign file. At the same time I  use shotcut keys and would normally use apple+E for export files to pdf. I have not updated anything. Current Indesign is 15.1 and running MacOS Cataline 10.15.2.  I have searched everything and find no solution

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[Laubender]

Hi,

does the issue persist if you quit InDesign and restart your machine?

Does it work if you are using the Open… dialog from the File menu instead double-clicking a file?

Please post a screenshot of the message.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[Forms Maker]

The only way to use indesign to open a file is to go to open, find my file and then click open. If I just double click on my file that is when I get the error message

[Rishabh_Tiwari]

Hi there,

Sorry to hear about the trouble you are facing with InDesign. Regarding the error message, could you please confirm if your file name includes symbols like (#)? If yes, please remove and then check again if you are getting the error. Regarding file exporting shortcuts, please try the steps below:

1. Close all the applications and only launch InDesign and check if the shortcuts are working.
2. Please check if you have any application by the name Webroot, if yes, please turn it off and test again.
3. If nothing works, please try resetting InDesign Preferences:

• Close all Adobe applications 
• Go to Locations:  
• ~/Library/Caches 
• ~/Library/Preferences 
• Rename Adobe InDesign and com.adobe.indesign to Adobe InDesign.old and com.adobe.indesign.old 
• Launch InDesign from the CC 

Disclaimer: Please note that resetting preferences will remove all the custom settings and InDesign will launch with default settings. This way all your old settings will be saved in .old folders and InDesign will recreate new folders with default settings.  

Regards

Rishabh

[PeterFinneyJr]

When I click on an InDeisgn page icon in Adobe Bridge (with InDesign open), I get the warning message: Missing required Parameter 'from' for method 'open.' This has just started. It has never happened before when I have tried to open a page from Bridge. Can you help?

I am running Catalina 10.15.7.

[queerlycomplex]

I did this and it didn't work. 

[Laubender]

Hi Peter,

what exactly is the file name of the InDesign document?
Could be that the underlying ExtendScript script code is tripped by an unusual character in the file name.

Or an unusual character in the whole path of the document in the file system.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[manngroup]

I am having the same exact problem as @PeterFinneyJr . No matter the file name, no matter the InDesign file, if I double-click to open I get the same error message (Missing required parameter 'from' for method 'open'). This began happening after I upgraded to BigSur. 

[manngroup]

Update: I've been able to narrow down the issue to files that I'm trying to open over a network. When the InDesign file is sitting on my actual computer, it opens by double-clicking on the file name/icon. If I do the same via the network - whether connected by ethernet or Wifi - I get the same error.

[R. Sinclair]

I'm having the same issue. For me it's happening when I try to open an older InDesign file (created or modified 1+ year ago).

My filenames are standard with no special characters. Very frustrating, as I can't access the important info in these documents!

[Laubender]

Hi R. Sinclair,

what's your exact version of InDesign, what's your operating system?

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[R. Sinclair]

I'm running the latest version of InDesign 2021 (16.1) on mac OS Big Sur 11.2.2.

I did discover I can open some problematic files by using InDesign's File > Open menu rather than my usual double-clicking the file in Finder to open it. So perhaps the problem is related to newer versions of the InDesign app installed by Creative Cloud (especially when a 'new' version of the application is installed) and mac OS having a problem with the file association.

[queerlycomplex]

I'm having a similar issue. I am running InDesign 16.4. I am on a Mac running Big Sur 11.5.2. 

All my files are on a Synology external drive. I didn't have any of these problems yesterday. 

When I click on them in a finder window, the error message "Missing required parameter 'from' for method 'open'" pops up. 

I can open them when in InDesign. 

BUT I cannot export them as PNGs or JPGs. 

And when I create a new file, I can save it to my Synology drive. But it will not export. And I cannot open it from the finder window. 

[braml9516793]

Same issue - nothing seems to resolve it - making work harder.

[Kathleen27126965nttr]

Recently ran into this myself. As manngroup reported below in 2021, it only occurs when I'm trying to double-click on icons of files located on network drives. Current workarounds include 1) opening the file through the File-->Open menu then navigating to the file in question OR 2) copying the file onto a local drive and working on it there. No unusual characters are present in the filenames.

This feels like an InDesign issue, and it's somewhat frustrating that this is still a problem almost three years after it was reported here by shirtfactory.

[nathana]

This issue just started for me and I am having a hard time finding any answers. What did you finally end up doing?

[itstheforce]

Having same issue, files open fine from desktop but getting the error when opening files from the server.

Have not seen any 2022 or 23 issues resolved.