How to resolve issue of help shortcut key (Cmd + Shift + /) not working?

Question

I really like the shortcut key to bring up the help menu (Cmd + Shift + /). I use it navigate the menus by typing in short words.

However, I've just noticed that it's not currently working. Instead, I get an error noise whenever I press cmd+shift+/.

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My first thoughts was that either another program is intercepting the shortcut in a global way. But I don't what that program might be.

UPDATE:

I tried changing the shortcut key in "keyboard shortcuts" to something else (e.g., Cmd + Alt + Shift + /). This alternate keyboard shortcut also triggers the error noise. So this suggests that the problem is not a conflict with another program.

Have you tried other shortcuts? Do they work? Have you tried hard resetting? — sameetandpotatoes
– sameetandpotatoes, Commented Sep 16, 2013 at 0:29

Jeromy Anglim · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-16 01:23:38Z

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@sameetandpotatoes made some great suggestions.

I tried a different shortcut key for triggering the help menu and still had the problem.
Restarting OSX resolved the problem.

answered Sep 16, 2013 at 1:05

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