Thanks, but that does not seem to be the case with my install. I tried putting some saved presets into the "\Sony\Titler 1.0" subfolder and they did not show up in Vegas Pro when I restarted it and looked at the ProType Presets panel. As I mentioned, if I create a new preset in Vegas and save it that preset file shows up immediately in the ...\Sony\FX Presets\{53FC0B44-BD58-4716-A90F-3EB43168DE81} folder.

However, any preset (from my backup of the same folder) that I drop in manually does not appear in the ProType Presets panel when I run Vegas.

I am not sure - but I believe the preset needs to be established in the Windows registry key of the later install - otherwise it is not seen by the app. Copying registry keys is probably necessary - just not sure.

You are correct sir! I did a registry search for "53FC0B44-BD58-4716-A90F-3EB43168DE81" and found the following key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DXTransform\Presets\{53FC0B44-BD58-4716-A90F-3EB43168DE81}]

The entries in that key had to be set re:

(Name) Nikon D800 Credit Roll
(Type) REG_SZ
(Value) C:\Users\Ron\AppData\\Roaming\Sony\FX Presets\{53FC0B44-BD58-4716-A90F-3EB43168DE81}\Nikon D800 Credit Roll.dxp

Note: The 'Name' entry does not need to match the actual file name but the file name in the string must be the same as the .dxp file in the ...\Presets folder.

It was a bit tedious to enter all those entries by hand but it got the job done. I presume one could write an app that would do this automatically or create a registry edit script to do the same thing but that is above my pay grade.

Thanks for your help.

Actually there is a pretty easy way to restore the presets using a .reg file:

First, make sure you have copied all the saved/backed up preset files into the
C:\Users\...\AppData\\Roaming\\Sony\\FX Presets\\{53FC0B44-BD58-4716-A90F-3EB43168DE81} folder.

1. Start Vegas Pro and create a custom ProType preset re: Test
2. Exit VP and find the registry key as I outlined.
3. Export the key to a .reg file re: ProTypeKey.reg.
4. Edit the .reg file and duplicate the entry for the "Test" preset as many times as you have saved presets.
5. Modify each entry to change the Name and Data strings to match the names for each saved preset file.
6. Save the edited .reg file to a new name (this preserves the old .reg file to undo any changes if you screw up.)
7. Double-click on the .reg file you saved in step 6 to update the registry.
8. Run Vegas Pro and see if it worked!

FWIW, here is what the .reg file would look like after step 3:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DXTransform\Presets\{53FC0B44-BD58-4716-A90F-3EB43168DE81}]
"Test"="C:\\Users\\Ron\\AppData\\Roaming\\Sony\\FX Presets\\{53FC0B44-BD58-4716-A90F-3EB43168DE81}\\Test.dxp"

and here is what it would look like after adding a few new entries:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DXTransform\Presets\{53FC0B44-BD58-4716-A90F-3EB43168DE81}]
"Test"="C:\\Users\\Ron\\AppData\\Roaming\\Sony\\FX Presets\\{53FC0B44-BD58-4716-A90F-3EB43168DE81}\\Test.dxp"
"Canon XA10 Credit Roll"="C:\\Users\\Ron\\AppData\\Roaming\\Sony\\FX Presets\\{53FC0B44-BD58-4716-A90F-3EB43168DE81}\\Canon XA10 Credit Roll.dxp"
"iPhone 5 Credit Roll"="C:\\Users\\Ron\\AppData\\Roaming\\Sony\\FX Presets\\{53FC0B44-BD58-4716-A90F-3EB43168DE81}\\iPhone 5 Credit Roll.dxp"
"Nikon D800 and Canon XA10 Credit Roll"="C:\\Users\\Ron\\AppData\\Roaming\\Sony\\FX Presets\\{53FC0B44-BD58-4716-A90F-3EB43168DE81}\\Nikon D800 and Canon XA10 Credit Roll.dxp"

Whew! Hope you found this enlightening ;-).