MacOS – Alfred and Spotlight don’t detect VSCode even though I’ve it on shortcuts

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When I installed the VSCode I had added it to dock applications.

I am not able to find it/open it with Alfred or Spotlight. I tried to search for: code, VSCode, visual studio code, and nothing. It seems like if I remove VSCode from dock, I won't be able to start it again.

Any idea?

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I had the same problem and just managed to fix it.

I went to System Preferences > Spotlight > Search Results and then unchecked "Applications", then re-checked "Applications" and it instantly fixed the problem.

Turn off spotlight:

sudo mdutil -a -i off

Unload it:

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

Load It:

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

Turn on spotlight again:

sudo mdutil -a -i on

Now everything is being reindexed as expected.

In newer versions of macOS, just turning indexing off then back on again resolves the issue.

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Install a tweak called iWipe cache, it will respring your Spring board and will do the deal.

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