BUG: FreeFileSync forgets automatic update setting on path change

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critternyc

When FreeFileSync is run in portable mode and moved from one location to another, the setting to automatically check for updates under the Help menu is reset to the default: Check Weekly. If you uncheck Check Weekly and then move paths, it is reset to Check Weekly and a check for a new version is done immediately on next launch.

To Reproduce:
1. Install FreeFileSync in portable mode to a directory called ffs in a location of your choice
2. Run FreeFileSync.exe
3. Uncheck "Check automatically once a week" under Help - Check for new version
4. Close FreeFileSync and wait for all processes to close
5. Rename the ffs folder to ffs2
6. Launch FreeFileSync.exe

Expected behavior:
FreeFileSync starts, does not check for updates, and the "Check automatically once a week" option is not checked

Actual behavior:
FreeFileSync starts, checks for a new version on launch, and the "Check automatically once a week" option is checked
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critternyc

This may or may not be a contributing factor to the longstanding bug preventing FreeFileSync from being launched from other processes that remain running: BUG: Starting FreeFileSync.exe from another process yields Error Code 32 (07 Mar 2014)