Read preferences txt, if fails, read defaults, else really break #378

Job	Run time
Test Processing	2m 47s
(linux/aarch64) Create Processing Build	1h 16m 20s
(macos/aarch64) Create Processing Build	3m 4s
(windows/x64) Create Processing Build	4m 40s
(macos/x64) Create Processing Build	7m 44s
(linux/x64) Create Processing Build	9m 32s
	1h 44m 7s

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