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Getting unauthorized_error when using OAuth2.0 with error description "This application has been registered for implicit grants"

I want to create a simple Desktop application which connects to my account and shows some information in the status bar. I´ve been trying to authenticate using OAuth2.0 but I´m getting stuck and I cannot see what I´m doing wrong.

The steps I´ve followed are:

  1. I´ve registered my application
  2. Checked the option "Enable Client Side OAuth Flow"
  3. Call

https://stackexchange.com/oauth?client_id=997&scope=read_inbox,private_info&redirect_uri=https://stackexchange.com/oauth/login_success 4. I authenticate using my google account and grant access

From what I understood after reading the documentation is that I should get a redirect to this URL https://stackexchange.com/oauth/login_success with my token in the query string. Instead, I´m getting this:

https://stackexchange.com/oauth/login_success?error=unauthorized_client&error_description=This+application+has+been+registered+for+implicit+grants%2c+and+cannot+requests+codes

I´ve tried several scope options with the same result.

What am I doing wrong?