Open rule not finding defined app after upgrading to Big Sur

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I recently upgraded to Big Sur and upgraded to Hazel 5.0.7.
This is causing the following problem:

I have plenty of rules which contain an "Open with application: Preview".
But the application shown in the rule window does not refer to the installed Preview.app (circled red in screen shot link).
To make it work I have to manually select each rule's entry, click on "Other" and go pick the "Preview.app" shown under Applications (circled green).
Is there a way to make Hazel pick the correct application for all rules automatically or do I have to change rule by rule manually?
Why does this happen? Is it better to pick "Default application" to avoid this problem with future upgrades?

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AlfOuterspace
 
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What version of macOS were you running before? I wonder if it has to do with Apple splitting the filesystem in two so most system apps ended up being moved.
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Mr_Noodle wrote:What version of macOS were you running before? I wonder if it has to do with Apple splitting the filesystem in two so most system apps ended up being moved.


Sorry for answering only now. I forgot about it...... :roll:
Before upgrading to Big Sur my iMac 2017 was on High Sierra.
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All of the system apps did move internally so you would need to re-link them in that case.
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