Export LR4 Preferences

Just exported LR4 catalog from desktop computer to new laptop. On desktop, 'Preferences' subfolders were in Lightroom\Lightroom Settings folder so they did not seem to transfer with the LR catalog. When I investigated, the preference sub folders ARE in the Ligthroom\Lightroom Settings folder on the new laptop, but a manual I have indicates they are to be found in \AppData\RoamingAdobe\Lightroom. When i looked, turns out the preferences subfolders are also in \AppData\Roaming - but some of them have nothing in either the Lightroom Preset subfolder or the User Preset subfolder. There are aslo more preferences subfolders in this folder than \Lightroom Settings. I copied the missing user presets from \Lightroom Setting into the \AppData ones and that seemed to bring many of my user presets back into LR on the laptop. However, I am havng a problem with Efex HDR - no matter waht folder I paste it into, it does not appear in my external editor list in LR. All the other Efex suite edit programs appeared with no difficulty.
Did I do the worng thing by pasting these user presets into the \AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom? Any suggestions as to how to get Efex HDR into the external editor list?
Gingersnaps22

You talk of Preferences and Presets as if they were the same thing. They are not. And neither of them is part of the catalog.
Preferences are what you set in >Edit >Preferences. As far as I know they cannot be transferred.
Presets are not Preferences. Presets can be in different folders / location depending on if you have checked the box <Store Presets with catalog> in >Preferences >Presets tab, or if the box is unchecked.
If the box is unchecked the Presets are in the default folder, which is in the \AppData\RoamingAdobe\Lightroom.
If the box is checked Lr puts the Presets into a folder called <Lightroom Settings> next to the catalog.
If you ever checked the box - and if only for a short while - you will find the folder <Lightroom Presets> with Presets in it next to the catalog.
So it might well be that some of your user presets are in the folder <Lightroom Presets> and some are in \AppData\RoamingAdobe\Lightroom.
Copying the presets from one folder to the other is the right thing to do to "consolidate" the presets. As for your Efex HDR I am not sure if this is a plug-in or a preset ( I don't use Efex HDR).
If it is a plug -in you should install it using the Lr Plug-In Manager via >File >Plug-in Manager.
Generally it is best to leave the box <Store Presets with catalog> in >Preferences >Presets tab unchecked. he disadvantage of checking it is that future upgrades (Lr4 to Lr5) won't find the presets (because they will "look" only into the default folder), and you have to manually copy them. Apart from that the <Store Presets with catalog> has only one purpose: If you use two computers, have your catalog on an external drive that you swap from one computer to the other, and you want your presets to be available on both computers.
Apart from this scenario it serves no purpose and has only disadvantages. For more see here: http://www.lightroomforums.net/showthread.php?14169-What-is-the-purpose-of-the-quot-Store- Presets-with-Catalog-quot-optionhttp://

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