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I've searched everywhere and can't seem to find a single answer to satisfy my issue. I have a few applications on Mac (10.9.2) that no longer open via their icons. I can open a Terminal window and type 'open /Applications/[app_name]' and they work fine but attempting to open via the LaunchPad fails. IntelliJ is the most recent application that is causing me headaches. When I click on the icon I receive the following error in the system log:

com.apple.launchd.peruser.503[306] (com.jetbrains.intellij.ce.76944[5866]): Exited with code: 1

I have checked my UID and I am 503 so I should be able to open it. This only happens with certain applications though. Network Connect (Juniper Networks) is another one that has recently started to cause issues:

com.apple.launchd.peruser.503[306] (net.juniper.NetworkConnect.30128[6000]): Exited with code: 1

Any help in understanding what is going on would be greatly appreciated!!

Answer 1

I love how I keep being the one to answer my own question but anyways, I found the solution. I ended up reverting the LaunchPad back to its default settings by using the following command:

rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db; killall Dock

Once the dock database was rebuilt everything worked as expected. Hopefully this helps other out there who have this problem.