No  Full AVCHD 1920x1080p60 Preset?

Interesting: I just installed the trial version of PE11 and used my key code from my Amazon purchase of PE11 (the AMZN downloader repeatedly stated that it would take 24 hours to download it. Really AMZN?? I downloaded it from Adobe in 11 minutes...) and I have no "Full AVCHD 1920x1080p60" preset. Furthermore, somewhere on the Adobe website it is stated that when you import a clip, the project settings will automatically change to match the clip ( which is definately full AVCHD 1080p, 60fps) but it does not...
Any ideas?
Thanks!

Most interesting! NTSC (the corresponding PAL setting is missing as well.)
VDOSurfer's link above worked like a charm. I just wonder why it was missing. English version, etc...
One other oddity: The extracted version from the link above is: *AVCHD 1080p60.sqpreset.sqpreset*. Note the repeated file extension. My installation HAS the preset in the preset directory, but with only one extension like the others...
Did my install get corrupted in some odd way?
thanks, all!

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