Can’t force stems down

Dorico
1

Hello,

I try to force the stems down for the first four notes in this example:
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How is it possible, as the „Force Stem Down“ from the Menu does not work?

2

I had this problem once or twice, and — strangely enough — choosing “Remove forced stem” did the trick.

3

Thank you Marc,

this helped me, too.