External Editor presets disappear in LR2

Hi,
I have configured LR2 with a few custom External Editors and it seems that
there's a bug with this option since my custom commands regularly
disappear. This happened multiple times. This morning I opened LR2 and there
was no more external editor defined in my settings. I had to redefine them
all.
Any similar experience?
Thanks.
Patrick

[email protected] wrote:
> Are you using multiple catalogs, and if so have you set the location
> for presets to "Store presets with catalog"?
Hi,
I'm using a single catalog and yes, I'm storing the presets with the
catalog.
Patrick

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[email protected] wrote:
> Are you using multiple catalogs, and if so have you set the location
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Hi,
I'm using a single catalog and yes, I'm storing the presets with the
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