Pro automatically commences removing advertisements from my videos. Unfortunately, it does not appear to be perfect, and it frequently removes large chunks of the movie as well - then leaves in large runs of advertisements. I'd prefer to do it myself. How do I stop Pro taking charge?
That is an odd behaviour! AFAIK no there is no permanent setting for this to happen on every project. Check the settings when you right click a movie clip and select Find and Remove ads.
With MEP closed use Windows Explorer to search your c: drive for videodeluxe.ini - it may be a hidden file so you will need to set the search to include hidden files and folders.
You may find several files returned in various locations - the one you want will be the largest in size ie 12 - 20+ kb
Delete the file. Note you will lose any custom settings you made.