Copying Lightroom Catalogue to new computer

Hi
I have just got a new computer and re-installed Lightroom on it. I now need to transfer my catalogue and files over.
I already know I need to copy and move them over but I have a question that probably seems very simple/obvious to most.
When I copy my catalogue file, WHERE am i supossed to copy it to on the new computer? In Pictures, Lightroom, there already exists a catalogue but obvioulsy this is not the one I want there. If I move my old catalogue to the same place (along with the other files) there will be 2 catalogues in there. How do I make sure Lightroom reads from the old catalogue I am copying over.
As you can prob tell I need any responses to be in simple talk..
Thanks

You can delete the default catalog created by the new installation, then copy your really wanted catalog there.
Thus you would only have 1 catalog, no mix-up possible.
If there are more catalogs, you can specify in your LR preferences if it should always open a certain one or the last one. But superfluous in case you removed the non-needed lrcat.
You might want to copy more from your old computer, such as your default settings per camera, own develop presets, plugins ( if you have used any).
Cornelia

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