Lost my built-in presets - SOLVED

Software darktable
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While fiddling around trying to solve am OpenCL problem, I somehow “disappeared” all the built-in presets. I can still see my own saved presets for each module.

I believe the presets are stored inside .config/darktable/data.db but just restoring a backed up data.db from a few days ago doesnt bring back the presets.

If I delete the config folder, then a new one is generated with built-in presets but not my user-created presets. Is there any way to merge my presets into a clean data.db?

Apologies in advance if I am totally misunderstanding the situation

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According to the manual, you can export user presets to .dtpreset files, and import such files into a new or a different darktable install.

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Great - many thanks!

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You cannot delete built-in presets, not you can hide them via preferences.

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Understood - but that was why I said “disappeared” not deleted.

For whatever reason the buit-in presets were not visible for any dropdown, even though the DT preference "hide built-in . . . " was not checked.

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I do not know what you did to achieve this. Built-in presets cannot be deleted from the UI, and, as far as I know, even if one deleted them from the DB, they are (re)created automatically when darktable starts, as it loads the definitions of the various modules. That’s why I pointed you to the documentation about hiding them.

You could try renaming darktablerc instead of deleting the database.

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Duh my mistake sorry all - my fiddling with various options confused me and the hide built-in option was ticked.

Never underestimate the power of a determined fool . . . . . .

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