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Check your preset settings via the tab on the preferences section under the edit drop down menu
Box that says store with catalog should be checked, if it is click on show Lighroom preset folders
Check the folders permissions and make sure they are not read only

Had something similar happen in LR3 and permissions changed after an update for some reason
if that is all ok i'm out of ideas apart from on that same box click reset default preset settings, always handy to start from scratch
 
Don't know if it's linked to the problems I had with Elements where I kept losing all my preferences and such. Turned out it was happening when I was viewing with Faststone, right clicking 'edit in Elements' to process would randomly cause issues, once I stopped doing this it ceased to happen. Long shot I know........
 
Thanks tried everything no joy at all

That's me all out of ideas, I've got one of the Lightroom Queen books, will have a look tomorrow and see if that has anything useful
 
This was someone’s answer on a forum,not sure if it helps though but I’m posting it just in case





Well, I figured it out, so I thought I'd share the answer for the next time someone runs into this. It turned out to be the sequence of the steps that was the problem.



I was Adding the new User Preset, then setting the various settings the way I wanted them and then clicking Export. I assumed it would update the template and export the file, since there was no separate Save button. Wrong.



The correct, utterly counter-intuitive, sequence is to open the Export dialog, make all your desired settings, THEN click the Add button to create the new preset. You don't even have to click the Export button. Closing the Add Preset dialog after giving it a unique name causes LR to save the new preset.



So, there you go. I hope it helps someone.
 
Try Lightroom Queen forum, they are usually very good at sorting things out. https://www.lightroomqueen.com/community/
Sorry Kevin, didn't get a chance to look in the book today, will try to do some research tomorrow
Had to go into Cambridge to buy new walking boots after my old ones let in water yesterday.
 
Had a look and nothing new to add, strange how it just changed
Maybe a clean install of LR5 might be a good idea.
 
when I close the catalog down and open another its gone again ?

Is it restored if you go back to the original cat? If so - sounds like the presets are stored with the catalogue. Check to see the state of Edit>Preferences>Presets. Is "Store Presets WIth This Catalog" ticked?
 
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