To be honest, I did not read what the updates were, I just saw something about new updates, it downloaded them, I exited the app, it installed them, I went back into the app to launch BatchPreprocessor and it was no longer in my favorites, then I notices nothing I had added to my favorites was there anymore.
Yes, I am sure I did not reset the settings the way you suggest, I am on Windows 7 and can not even remember the last time I clicked on Start > All Programs. Instead I hit the windows key and type PIX, the first result is PixInsight Core (x64) so I just hit the enter key.
I could certainly understand my ignorance if I deleted one of the items, but when I saw all of them gone I was relatively sure it wasnt something I clicked (although you never know).
Allan