Finding Location preferences

This is a bit of a specialized question, but:
I just had a disk drive loss (the disk drive was fine, but the software would not mount it or read it). I got all the files off using DataRescue II (which worked quite well), reformatted the drive, and copied everything back. I'm finding I've gotten almost all my settings back except for Network locations, and, apparently, the Sound preferences (things like whether I want there to be little noises when I open a file). I was wondering if there's anything that can be done to recover those settings, as well.

You'll find the network preferences in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plst. The sound is /Library/References/com.apple.soundprefs.plist.

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Adobe Chat Support: Since we lightroom 4 was not a part of creatiw cloud, when the CCMwas released in ,6dobe. After releasing the CCM the lightroom 4 was included in the CCM.
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