Sorry murasame, after reviewing your post I realised you had found your earlier thread. Can you possibly leave a link for it either in this thread or in jordan2's thread 'What a bummer' ?!?

I'm presently processing video so my processor is rather busy & I can't really view the manual again (I viewed it online yesterday or the day before.)

I read another thread, I think it was in the os x section that somebody lost their entire systems & apps' prefs thru using Safari. jordan2 I don't suppose you use Safari if you're using OS9? That app can conflict with other apps, particularly internet apps. Still, although you have problems with your entire LW prefs returning to default, it was only a couple of my LW prefs that returned to default yesterday/12 hrs earlier. Which version of LW do you use again?