Prefs keep disappearing

My ID crashed today and all my prefs and print presets went away. I don't recall that ever happening before. Is this a common occurance? Unfortunately, I had my PDF exports saved but not my print settings or prefs. A real nuisance. But I don't recall a crash ever erasing preferences.
Main reason for posting: any way to retrieve older prefs? Also, even though I created new prefs (no file open) all legacy files are displaying logos in lo res. I need everything to show hi res like before. Driving me nuts.

I don't recall a crash ever wiping out prefs, either, but I don't think it's outside the realm of the possible, and this is why I strongly urge everyone to keep backup copies.
Your low-res problem sounds like either you didn't change the default diplay quality, or your links need to be updated.
There's no way I know of to recover old prefs unless you backed them up someplace. A system Restore on Windows might work, but I don't know since these aren't stricly speaking system files.

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