[Solved] Where are color preferences saved?

Cubase
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I messed up my “Appearance-Colors” in the preferences. Now I’d like to go back to the default color settings.
I already reset / deleted the whole preferences through the safe start mode. However, the colors are are still the same.

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Hello,

https://www.steinberg.net/nc/en/support/knowledgebase_new/show_details/kb_show/cubase-and-nuendo-program-preferences-files-in-detail.html

Best regards,
GN

3

Trashing the “Defaults.xml” doesn’t reset my colors either.
However I made a backup from the whole Preferences (Cubase 8.5) folder after the first installation immediately. Replacing the current Preferences folder with my backup folder just did the trick. But I still don’t know in which oil the colors are saved - if not in the “Defaults.xml”?

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The “Appearances-Colors” are saved in a file named “UserPreferences.xml” which isn’t mentioned in the “Cubase and Nuendo Program Preferences Files in Detail” article. Opening the “UserPreferences.xml” file allows you to edit or read out colors directly.

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