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nv_audio
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May 6, 2017
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Lost all presets after resetting to default settings

  • May 6, 2017
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Hey everyone,

I'm in a bit of a pickle. My temp folder was acting up, so I followed the advice in thread I found here on this forum that said I should reset Audition to its "vanilla preferences". So I started up Audition while holding down "shift". After I had done this Audition asked me if I wanted to reset everything to my 9.0 settings and I clicked "yes" - what I didn't know what that it removed all the new presets I had made. So now I'm in a really bad situation where tons and tons of presets are gone.

I've noticed that my Library/Preferences/Adobe/Audition/10.0 folder is still there and in that folder there is an Effect Rack folder. It's empty though but it's also empty in the 9.0, 8.0, and 7.0 folders. So I was kinda hoping that I could  get Audition to look at the settings that should still be there in the 10.0 folder. I've attached a screenshot so you can see what I mean

Does anyone know if this is possible? Or have I seriously lost all my presets? I mean, hopefully Audition doesn't overwrite files simply because you revert it to its "vanilla preferences"... right?

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ryclark
ryclark
Participating Frequently
May 7, 2017

All your custom effects presets are actually stored in the EffectPresets.xml file rather than the EffectPresets folder I believe.

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    nv_audioAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    May 7, 2017

    I think you're right

    I did a little digging myself and I found out that you're able to import application settings, so I tried importing the EffectPresets.xml file from my 10.0 folder, but unfortunately it showed me this error:

    "The file EffectPresets.xml could not be imported as applications settings due to an unknown error".

    I also tried copying over the 10.0 EffectPresets.xml file into the 9.0 folder but it didn't help

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    MusicConductor
    Inspiring
    May 10, 2017

    This may be a bit of a nightmare if you have valuable presets & settings and no system backup of your computer.  Adobe should rethink this: holding down shift shouldn't blow away all your user data, just bypass it.  But it sounds like your valuable info went to cyber-purgatory.  Hope you have a backup of your computer, but who does?

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