Deep-resetting InDesign Preferences On Windows

Make sure InDesign is not running before doing this.

Click the Start button on the Windows Start Bar, and select the Run… option. In the dialog box, type:

%APPDATA%

and click OK.

Go into the subfolder called Adobe. Then go further down into the subfolder called InDesign.

Remove the Version… folder that corresponds to the copy of InDesign you want to reset.

InDesign CS = Version 3.0
InDesign CS2 = Version 4.0
InDesign CS3 = Version 5.0
InDesign CS4 = Version 6.0
InDesign CS5 = Version 7.0

For example, to reset the InDesign CS5 preferences. you need to remove the Version 7.0 folder. Copy this folder to a backup location, and then delete it, and empty trash.

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