Printing Presets Disappeared

Using Acrobat 8 (I know it's old and has to be used for old printers)
When the application unexpectedly quit I re-opened the program. When I went to print ALL of my printing presets were gone. WHY? Where did they go and how do I get them back. Also, in the future can I save them somewhere else as a backup and then reload them if it ever happens again. This is the 2nd time in 3 years. I'm a print house and use the presets A LOT.
Thank You.
Dwayne

Dpocment and Printer presets are, I think saved as part of the InDesign Defaults file (that's a real filename, not a location). See Replace Your Preferences for details on finding and backing up the prefs, or look into Blatner Tools (plugin) or preference manager from In-Tools (I think).

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