CS5 Bridge Keywords disappear

I know this has been talked about on the MAC and PC forums for Bridge and has been an issue with CS3 up to CS5. However, it does not seem to be getting any attention from Adobe.
I have gone through the Mac and Win forums from CS3 to CS5 and there are multiple listings of people losing their keywords. I just lost mine again, after rebuilding them about two weeks ago. On another call, 3782474, Paul graciously produced a script to build your existing keywords. You still have to reenter them! Adobe, PLEASE fix this issue. I copied the keyword file and saved it to a backup location. When I lost my file this last time, I restored that file. It stll did not work! I have not upgraded any Adobe products, other Window products or any patches. The only thing I have been doing for the last couple of weeks is editing photos and going from one storage drive to another within Bridge to locate photos. I'm afraid if I lose the one that I just recreated manually that I will no longer use Bridge since this is one of the features that attracts me to it. I'm sure there are other products that will provide keyword search.
Adobe, I hope you are reading this thread and take control. I am running on Windows 7 and Bridge CS5.
Thanks
Bob

Yes I am copying the file /users/bob/appdata/roaming/adobe/bridge cs5/adobebridgekeywords and saving it in a folder on my desktop. The file is an XML document type. A sample of a set as it appears in the file is :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
- <keywords version="2">
>
- <set name="Animals" disclosed="true">
<item name="Antelope" />
<item name="Babies" />
<item name="Bighorn Sheep" />
<item name="Black Bear" />
<item name="Buffalo" />
<item name="Burro" />
<item name="Chipmunk" />
<item name="Colts" />
<item name="Elk" />
<item name="Fawn" />
<item name="Grizzly" />
<item name="Horses" />
<item name="Moose" />
<item name="Pronghorn Antelope" />
<item name="Wolf" />
</set>
When I replace the bad file with this one, it does not work. If I try importing this file, it will not recognize it.
Bob

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My problem is if I have CS5 Bridge open and highlight a photo that I want to open (right click open or top file menu)the photo opens in Elements 8 Edit.
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It is time to replace my PPC Mac with a new Intel Mac.
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By default.... this eliminates ALL keywords and ratings and labels from my Bridge browser. The keywords will still be present on the files but Not present in Bridge keywords list and all ratings and labels will be lost.
Making a copy of Bridge CS4 metadata to another computer is quite simple.
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The question then becomes.... can I aslo do this with CS6 without introducing an incompatibility?
1. incompatible due to CS6 application support.
2. incompatible due to transfer from a PPC (APM) to Intel (GUID).
This concern results from an Bridge CS4 export problem I experienced.
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What do I require to preserve existing metedata and keywords that exist on a PPC using CS4 and import them into CS6 using Intel?
Sound simple?
I doubt it.
The points are.
1. CS4 not installed.
2. CS4 source is PPC not Intel.
3. Ratings and Labels are metadata that Are Not part of the file metadata and unique to Bridge only.
4. Keyword Search and keyword Use requires that Bridge have keyword list, otherwise Finder is the far more useful browser and the new version of Bridge will require hours of keyword listing.
I don't want to spends hours retyping keywords lists in Bridge.

Ratings are NOT placed into the file under CS4 Bridge and neither are
Labels.
That depends on your file type and settings voor Camera Raw.
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Simply copy All of the Bridge CS4 application support folder to the other computer.
Well, in fact it is true to call copying this folders a simple task but replacing the existing new CS6 would not be my method. The biggest change for Bridge CS6 was the transition to 64 bit and I lack the knowledge for this but also cache format for thumbs and previews has been different for every version.
But if you have located the CS4 folder for Bridge in your PPC user library / application support / Adobe / Bridge CS4 you should find a file called 'Adobe Bridge Keywords.xml' and it is fairly safe to replace this CS4 version with the new CS6 version.
Also custom settings for the output module can be copied (however to my memory the option for custom settings in Output where introduced in CS5) and collections can be copied.
So for your keywords the copy option might work, rating and labeling for Raw files they will be read in CS6 if they are stored as XMP. ACR settings idem but CS6 ACR has a new (2012) conversion mode that has different settings that do not work with previous settings (unless you first choose to use the 2010 conversion as default Raw setting.
If it is in the Central Data Base I would start trying to replace the CS4 with the CS6 edition (after back up of existing CS6 version) and see what happens. If it works your out of trouble.
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And while you state to have not installed CS4 anymore it might be wise to reinstall it (but first make a proper back up of the previous mentioned folders and files to be on the save side.
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I've been directed here by the good people at Elements Village as I have a Bridge specific question that you guys may be able to help with.
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Okay, I think I get. That is -if and when- my KW's never come up
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