Lightroom Presets Won't Auto Preview

I've had this issue recently where my Presets won't automatically preview like they used to. I've tried switching back and forth between Library and Develop, but no help. I'm forced to apply a preset and then remove if I don't like.
Any thoughts?
Best ,
DDS

miamigables wrote:
Any thoughts?
Only one - try:
DevPresetLab
it will create virtual copies corresponding to specified dev presets and load them into the Lr comparator.
Rob

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