Intellij 2016.3.4 keymap / hotkeys stopped working after reboot on Windows 7
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I'm using Windows 7, and the 64-bit version of intellij. After closing intellij and restarting, all of my custom hotkeys no longer work. I can still see them in /config/keymaps/Default copy.xml, but it doesn't seem like intellij is using this file. Any idea what exactly could have happened?
Windows Update also ran during the restart. though I don't see how that could be related.
This guy had a similar issue:
Similarly, for intellij 2015:
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-144922
What did M$ break and how do I fix it?
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Please share idea.log (https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/articles/207241085) and your custom keymap file. It could be that the .xml file got corrupted.
Here's a text dump of Feb 13th and 14th. My keymaps were gone the morning of the 14th.
http://dumptext.com/n0vnpp5Z
This is my Default copy 0.xml keymap file the morning after it was wiped:
<keymap version="1" name="Default copy 0" parent="$default">
<action id="SwitchApply">
<keyboard-shortcut first-keystroke="shift alt enter" />
</action>
<action id="SwitchDown">
<keyboard-shortcut first-keystroke="shift alt down" />
</action>
<action id="SwitchLeft">
<keyboard-shortcut first-keystroke="shift alt left" />
</action>
<action id="SwitchRight">
<keyboard-shortcut first-keystroke="shift alt right" />
</action>
<action id="SwitchUp">
<keyboard-shortcut first-keystroke="shift alt up" />
</action>
</keymap>
I don't see any related errors in the log.
Do you mean that Default copy.xml file was removed somehow?
The contents of my hotkeys xml file had been wiped and replaced with the above. The file wasn't deleted to my knowledge.
This is really weird. I can only suggest to use the Settings Repository plug-in so that you always have a backup: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/2016.3/settings-repository.html.
OK. Thanks for prompt replies, I will close this.