Question / Help Config File Broken

TheNameIsSlicer

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So I was playing around and testing some new layouts for my stream and wanted to get some more precise measurements, so I went into the config file (which I've done numerous times in the past, just not recently, without a problem). However, OBS kept overwriting the file and resetting all the values I would change. To be clear, I was doing all the changes in the config file with OBS closed. So I decided to copy the file, make the changes in the copy, and then removed and replaced the original (which I made sure to back up). But when I opened OBS back up again, all my scenes were gone. Yet, it recognized all of my global sources. When I realized the problem, I immediately closed OBS and tried putting the original back in but the problem remained. So somehow along the way, something got really messed up and I'm at a loss as to what it could be. Thanks for any help. I've attached a text version of the config file. Although I'm not sure how much it will help, I'll also attach the last normal log and first log when it stopped working.
 

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To add a bit more clarification, I was changing values in the "TEST" scene (about 60% of the way down the config file) and only that one. It could be as simple as just a syntax error but I can't find anything myself. I'd appreciate another set of eyes to see if there's anything I missed. Also, uninstalling and reinstalling OBS did not solve the problem. I also seem to be having a problem importing a scene collection as well, so that may be part of it but I'm not entirely sure.
 
Ok, I got it fixed! For anyone wondering, I had to put all the scenes below the global sources in the config file (edit: you have to put the global sources after the scenes again for them to be recognized, so they're in there twice but whatever). Not sure why as I don't think it was like that before but there it is. Hopefully this will help some poor soul in the future that makes the same mistake as I have.
 
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