How to backup Bridge CS5?

Hi there,
I would like to make a copy of the Bridge keywords and theirs relations with the photos to restore the same environment after new system installation. Would be somebody so kind to tell me what files/directories should I backup? Or maybe there is any dedicated functionality/tool inculded in Bridge CS5?

When you open a folder it will bring up the keywords on pictures within the folder. If the keyword is not on your current list it will be italiziced. This means it is temporarily on the list. To make permanent right click and choose "make persistant".
You would have to go through all your folders and do this. There may be another way, but this is the direct way I am familiar with.
Hope this helps.

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What also worries me is this going to happen on the new computer if I take off CS4?

Curt,
Sort of figured how to correct the situation, and did get jpegs to open. A friend also suggested that I try to uninstall and reinstall, and then update. Today I tried, and had a couple of things I didn't understand. Scheduled a telephone call to Adobe. Twenty minutes later got a call, punched in selection numbers for the help I wanted, and a machine told me that they would connect me with the person that could help me if I would hang on. I did, but the call disconnected, and they never called back, and I didn't have the number to call. A friend came over and he showed me how to down a program that I had to shut down before the program would uninstall. After a few more set backs, I did get it done, and it seems to be working.
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Here's what is in the Bridge cs5 help pdf file. (I was not able to find this same help info from clicking help in Bridge cs5).
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Hello Folks,
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How do I get Adobe Bridge CS5 to open an FLV file in another program other
than Flash CS5?
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able to use one of my other FLV player apps instead.
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menu.
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Some time ago I somehow lost file associations in Adobe Bridge CS5. Now when I doubleclick a RAW file (Canon .CR2 file) I get Firefox, when I doubleclick a JPG I get FastStone and when I doubleclick a PSD file nothing happens at all. Also Photoshop is not in the options I get by right-clicking photos and choosing "Open with...".
I have tried [ Edit -> Preferences... -> File Type Associations -> Reset to Default Associations ] , but that didn't help.
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http://www.rockland.dk/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stignygaard/

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Thanks for the answer. I'm aware I can manually setup associations one-by-one for all file types I need, but just hoped there was some easier way. I mean there's a lot of file types associated in either windows/explorer or directly in Bridge. Some that I might not know I need tomorrow. Two things I have found out since I asked the question:
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2) I have installed a second copy of CS5 now on my secondary portable PC, and are using this to make a similar setup regarding file associations in windows/explorer and Bridge. All associations for Photoshop was lost on my primary PC, and God... there's a lot of file associations to setup again... May I recommend Adobe (if reading this) to fix this bug and/or make a script to automatically recover all associations in case of loss!
/Stig

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…The extension is off. How can I correct this for him?
Are you referring to the 3-letter ".jpg" extension being deleted? You can't do that, of course! If that is still the case, you'll have to add it manually to each JPEG file.

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This is the screenshot of the Metadata Workspace with the Content Panel (not Metadata Panel). As you can see it shows Name, Label, Keywords etc. but it's not possible to show Description in that list as a column.
I still agree that it would be a big bonus if you could alter this workspace with description field (even with more lines etc) but what Curt shows you might be an alternative. I couldn't help noticing that you have not created your own custom workspaces.
Try and play with this. You have the option to divide the window in 3 columns max but you can create different panels as a row in 1 column.
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That is the nice thing about Bridge, creating custom workspaces, save them and being able to recreate them without problems :-)
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