Why does WL"forget" my settings?

Lately WL (12.0.40) seems to be forgetting my settings for the display and for how I want to render things in the edit window. About 1 out of 8 openings of WL the display will go back to to some setting that I used a long time ago and one out of three times the rendering will change from the normal “render in place” that I use to some other render option. This started with WL 12.0.30. Any ideas of what is going on??? I am the only one who uses this machine and WL on this machine. Thanks in advance

No real idea. But better keep that option unchecked.

This is where I notice the preferences change not on the Ribbon (I realize they are the same thing but…)

I recommend using the Ribbon, and not this page.

Additionally, when I open a Project that has previously been saved, for some reason it always opens with Clip FX in the Inspector (even if there are no Clip FX) . In fact all the FX are in Track FX and the Project was saved with the Track FX pane showing.

It is no big issue as it is only a single click to select Track FX but is this by design?