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Indesign:
Restore all preferences and default settings
When InDesign is behaving erratically, deleting preferences (also referred to as “trashing preferences” or “removing preferences”) often solves the problem.

Do one of the following:
*(Windows) Start InDesign, and then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files.

*(Mac OS) While pressing Shift+Option+Command+Control, start InDesign. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files.

Photoshop:
To re-create the preferences files for Photoshop, start the application while holding down Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS). Then, click Yes to the message, “Delete the Adobe Photoshop Settings file?”

Adobe Fireworks:
Location of the Fireworks preferences file
Fireworks preferences are stored in a file named Fireworks CS4 Preferences.txt (Windows) or Fireworks CS4 Preferences (Mac OS). The location of this file varies depending on your operating system.

*In Windows, preferences are in your user-specific Fireworks configuration folder.

*In Mac OS, preferences are in the Library/Preferences folder in your user folder. For information about locating your Mac OS user folder, see Apple Help.

Note: On Mac OS, most Fireworks user-specific configuration files are stored in your user-specific Application Support folder. The Fireworks CS4 Preferences file is an exception.

Adobe Acrobat:
3. Re-create the Acrobat preferences files.
You can re-create the Acrobat preferences file to eliminate problems caused by a damaged preferences file.

Note: Re-creating the Acrobat preferences files restores settings to their defaults.

To re-create the Acrobat preferences files:

1.Quit Acrobat.
2.Drag the following files from the Users/[Username]/Library/Preferences folder to the Desktop:
*Acrobat WebCapture Cookies
*Com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro_ppc_9.0.plist or com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro_x86_9.0.plist
*Acrobat Distiller Prefs and com.adobe.distiller8.plist (If you are troubleshooting an issue with Distiller.)
*The Acrobat folder, which contains preferences for forms (MRUFormsList), collaboration (OfflineDocs), and color settings (AcrobatColor Settings.csf)
3.Restart Acrobat.
If the problem recurs after you re-create the Acrobat preferences files, then the problem isn’t related to preference files. To restore custom settings, drag the files you moved in step 2 back to their original location, and then click OK to the alert “A newer item named ‘[filename]‘ already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it with the older one you’re moving?”

Adobe Bridge:
On Mac OS:
To manually reset preferences, purge the entire thumbnail cache and reset your default workspace:

For BridgeCS2:

1.Delete the Thumbnails folders located in the Users/ [user] /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Bridge/Cache folder.
2.Delete the “!!Last.workspace” file located in the Users/ [user] /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Bridge/Workspaces folder.
3.Delete the com.adobe.bridge.plist file located in the Users/ [user] /Library/Preferences folder.
For Bridge CS3 and later:

1.Delete the entire directory from the Cache folder located in the Users/ [user] /Library/Caches/Adobe/Bridge CS[#] folder.
2.Delete the “!!Last.workspace” file located in the Users/ [user] /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Bridge CS[#] /Workspaces folder.
3.Delete the com.adobe.bridge[#].plist file located in the Users/ [user] /Library/Preferences folder