I know that this is not specifically a Slackware issue but any help would be appreciated nonetheless.

Whenever I restart konsole it loses my selections for which profiles to 'show in menu'. ( Settings -> Configure Profiles -> select 'show in menu' for a specific profile; then select File -> Profile to start that profile ).

Another issue is that profiles are neither sorted in the Configure Profiles menu nor the File menu.

These 2 issues drive me nuts because each time I restart my machine ( granted not often ), I have to select 'show in menu' for each profile, and then you essentially have to scroll the whole list as the profiles are not in alphabetical order.

Maybe I'm just being blind here but I can't see any way around these 2 'issues'. Both seem to be common with others so just wondering if there are any workarounds ...

Did you do ...
Settings, Manage Profiles, Set as Default

No - doesn't this just set which profile is used when using ctrl-shift-t/n? I have found a way for it to remember the 'show in menu' items - exit konsole via File -> Quit rather than using the window close control. Konsole will then keep the 'show in menu' items. Only thing now is to get that sort order right!