> Well I guess having the feature and using it daily in 149 without any issue > whatsoever has all just been in my fucking imagination.
You can still use the ones you've created but adjusting your main .ini (inipath) to point also to the hlsl folder (or wherever you kept them before). As far as creating for new games, I can't imagine there will be so much difference in actual settings from game to game to now be able to use an existing one copied to a new setname or driver.