I finally got it. There was a file that has the settings in it. I was able to locate the file. I noticed the file had an old version with the file extension of old. I just renamed the file with the old extension which had my previous setting. Then everything was back to normal.

I can't for the life of me remember the file name.

I could boot into "command line" but i had a hard time finding a command line editor.
There was emacs but it was a real pain to use. I think there was one called vi.

Anyway a simple renaming of the file solved the problem and I'm a happy camper now...