Application crashing due corrupt preference file

A technician suspects that an application crashing at launch has a corrupt preference file. What is the expected behavior if the technician moves the preference file out of the Preferences folder?
A. The application will continue to use the corrupt preference file.
B. A new default preference file will be created when the application launches.
C. The old preference files will be automatically deleted when the application launches.
D. All preference settings will automatically populate into a newly created preference file at launch.
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