diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
index 3079917f147..dcbaf084fe4 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-12-03 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	Fix for bug 62659: Unable to set default for register format via plugin_customization.ini.
+	* CDebugCorePreferenceInitializer.java: new
+	* plugin.xml
+
 2004-12-03 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	Fix for bug 80106: Terminating during stepping state caused exception in CDT.
 	* CThread.java
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/plugin.xml b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/plugin.xml
index 281ff06dee5..02ce506849a 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/plugin.xml
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/plugin.xml
@@ -138,5 +138,9 @@
             id="cWatchpoint">
       </breakpoint>
    </extension>
+   <extension
+         point="org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences">
+      <initializer class="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.internal.core.CDebugCorePreferenceInitializer"/>
+   </extension>
 
 </plugin>
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/CDebugCorePreferenceInitializer.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/CDebugCorePreferenceInitializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7baac12e4f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/CDebugCorePreferenceInitializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**********************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2004 QNX Software Systems and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * QNX Software Systems - Initial API and implementation
+ ***********************************************************************/ 
+package org.eclipse.cdt.debug.internal.core; 
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.CDebugCorePlugin;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.ICDebugConstants;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.ICDIFormat;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences.AbstractPreferenceInitializer;
+ 
+/**
+ * Default preference value initializer for <code>CDebugCorePlugin</code>.
+ */
+public class CDebugCorePreferenceInitializer extends AbstractPreferenceInitializer {
+
+	/** 
+	 * Constructor for CDebugCorePreferenceInitializer. 
+	 */
+	public CDebugCorePreferenceInitializer() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences.AbstractPreferenceInitializer#initializeDefaultPreferences()
+	 */
+	public void initializeDefaultPreferences() {
+		CDebugCorePlugin.getDefault().getPluginPreferences().setDefault( ICDebugConstants.PREF_MAX_NUMBER_OF_INSTRUCTIONS, ICDebugConstants.DEF_NUMBER_OF_INSTRUCTIONS );
+		CDebugCorePlugin.getDefault().getPluginPreferences().setDefault( ICDebugConstants.PREF_DEFAULT_VARIABLE_FORMAT, ICDIFormat.NATURAL );
+		CDebugCorePlugin.getDefault().getPluginPreferences().setDefault( ICDebugConstants.PREF_DEFAULT_EXPRESSION_FORMAT, ICDIFormat.NATURAL );
+		CDebugCorePlugin.getDefault().getPluginPreferences().setDefault( ICDebugConstants.PREF_DEFAULT_REGISTER_FORMAT, ICDIFormat.NATURAL );
+	}
+}
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
index cfe31a83650..8d7bf026392 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-12-03 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	Fix for bug 62659: Unable to set default for register format via plugin_customization.ini.
+	* CDebugPreferencePage.java
+
 2004-12-02 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	Fix for bug 80055: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in DisassemblyView.
 	* DisassemblyEditorInput.java
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/preferences/CDebugPreferencePage.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/preferences/CDebugPreferencePage.java
index 159f71dc7cd..f9387feed3d 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/preferences/CDebugPreferencePage.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/preferences/CDebugPreferencePage.java
@@ -181,10 +181,6 @@ public class CDebugPreferencePage extends PreferencePage implements IWorkbenchPr
 		store.setDefault( ICDebugPreferenceConstants.PREF_SHOW_HEX_VALUES, false );
 		store.setDefault( ICDebugPreferenceConstants.PREF_SHOW_FULL_PATHS, true );
 		PreferenceConverter.setDefault( store, IInternalCDebugUIConstants.DISASSEMBLY_SOURCE_LINE_COLOR, IInternalCDebugUIConstants.DEFAULT_DISASSEMBLY_SOURCE_LINE_RGB );
-		CDebugCorePlugin.getDefault().getPluginPreferences().setDefault( ICDebugConstants.PREF_MAX_NUMBER_OF_INSTRUCTIONS, ICDebugConstants.DEF_NUMBER_OF_INSTRUCTIONS );
-		CDebugCorePlugin.getDefault().getPluginPreferences().setDefault( ICDebugConstants.PREF_DEFAULT_VARIABLE_FORMAT, ICDIFormat.NATURAL );
-		CDebugCorePlugin.getDefault().getPluginPreferences().setDefault( ICDebugConstants.PREF_DEFAULT_EXPRESSION_FORMAT, ICDIFormat.NATURAL );
-		CDebugCorePlugin.getDefault().getPluginPreferences().setDefault( ICDebugConstants.PREF_DEFAULT_REGISTER_FORMAT, ICDIFormat.NATURAL );
 	}
 
 	/**