Good suggestion! I just tried that, and get the error message that the Tools menu is “unavailable.” So, I changed it to select the File menu, and then type the Escape key, and it works! After that macro runs, the other macros then run fine.
It seems there’s something strange going on with the Tools menu in Finale. It’s odd that it never was in issue with QuicKeys. This is a workaround that helps at least for now - thanks!