Some Adobe applications save preferences in both folders and stand-alone files. Some Adobe applications store several preferences files inside a folder for those applications, you can rename the folder. You can force an Adobe application to create undamaged preferences files by renaming the current preferences files.
When an Adobe application exhibits unexpected behavior only in a particular user account, one of the application's preferences files could be damaged. Each user account has its own set of preferences files. Adobe applications store a user's custom settings in preferences files.