Does the ESP32-WROOM-32D module come pre-loaded with the bootloader like the development module?

Yes....I would think adding a switch, pull up resistor, etc would interfere with the touchpad input operating as a touchpad

There seems to be a conflict between using IO0 (ESP32 pin 25) as a touchpad input AND using it as the program button input. Is there a way to be able to use all 10 touchpad inputs as well as use IO0 as the program button input. Or can the program button input pin be moved to another re-mapped input ...

Excellent.....that is what I had hoped for but some posts indicated that there was only one I2C controller per ESP32. Thank you.

When first using a new Preferences key, the compiler error output indicates that the key is NOT FOUND. After doing a "put", then the key is found. If a "get" is done before the "put", the key is NOT FOUND. However, one would want to do a get first to see if the parameter indicated by the key should ...

Is it possible to create two separate I2C channels using the ESP32 module?