Document presets are missing in Indesign 19, 2024 version

Here is an excerpt from "InDesign-2023-30-Presets.pdf" available for download from my website:

Document Presets

File > Document Presets > Define… New… To skip the New Document dialog, press Shift as you select a preset from the Document Preset menu. These can be saved, loaded, edited, and shared. They can be anywhere on your hard drive, and they have a .dcst filename extension. If not saved by clicking the Save button, document presets are lost when you reset/trash or migrate preferences.

Similarly, in the File > New Document window, you can click the Save Document Preset button (top right) allowing you to name the preset and click the Save Preset blue button. Thereafter, your new document preset is available in the Saved tab of the New Document dialog window. Go to the File > Document Presets dialog box to either save or load named presets. This is when they become .dcst files which can be saved anywhere.

Suggestion: make a new Document Presets folder for these document presets under the Version 18.0/en_US folder where the other presets are stored, like this:

[macOS] Users/UserName/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version 18.0/en_US/ Document Presets [winOS] Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Version 18.0\en_US\ Document Presets

Suggestion: Use this Document Presets folder to store custom-made document presets; and back up the whole Version 18.0\en_US folder and subfolders with your presets.

Hi @Image27159536nro3,

We understand how frustrating it could be for you. Would you mind sharing the version 18 preferences folder file with me, as mentioned in this post: https://adobe.ly/3PV77Zs? Please also share the details of your operating system. Could you please also share how you were able to restore the preferences?

We will try our best to investigate further.