(SOLVED)Notepad++ 8.8.3 saves not in Notepad++PortableSettings.ini, only 5 lines

i setted all colors and settings new and the settings ini has only 5 lines (155bytes), so
i think it is saved elsewhere. i thought this is the settings file but i seem to be wrong
could it be config.xml? with 70lines and 21 the word color
we need to examine this
UPDATE it is the config.xml, other file was crash file. added answer/solution.
thx