Illustrator Settings, Preferences, Assets - Locations

Hi all,
I am trying to find as much detail as possible on the location of all Illustrator settings, preferences and application assets in Illustrator CC. There is some information in Adobe's online documentation, but it is incomplete, as far as I can tell:
http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/preference-file-location-illustrator.html
It's late, so it's possible i'm just missing it...
For Mac OS, I think I've got it on lock.
Application Data (Global, all users, application-based):
Mac HD > Applications > Adobe Illustrator CC > Presets > en_US
Library - Application Support (User-based):
Mac HD > Users > ~Username > Library > Application Support > Adobe > Adobe Illustrator 17 > en_US
Library - Preferences (User-based):
Mac HD > Users > ~Username > Library > Preferences > Adobe Illustrator 17 Settings > en_US
For Windows, it seems a bit more nebulous... I've found a few, but I'm not sure I've found them all, and it's unclear. I'm checkin on a Windows 7 box, and here's what I've found so far:
Program Files (Global, all users, program-based):
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CC (64 Bit)\Presets
(?) Application Data 1 (User-based):
C:\Users\~Username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator\17.0.0
(?) Application Data 2 (User-based):
C:\Users\~Username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 17 Settings\en_US\x64
From what I can tell, the first "user-baed" directory in the 17.0.0 folder, is just an xml-based preferences resource. But I don't know if that file, along with the other user-based directory comprises a 'complete' analog to the two directories in Mac OS.
Are there more? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Note: My work here is based on the English (US/Universal) install.

I am familiar with the locations of all of the files for Mac OS and am hvaing no problems with that.
The two Windows directories I listed seem to be allowing me to make changes and import settings from another build properly:
Application Data 1 (User-based):
C:\Users\~Username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator\17.0.0
Application Data 2 (User-based):
C:\Users\~Username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 17 Settings\en_US\x64
I was able to move some files in place there and get the application to respond as needed.
Also, on a related note, when I did similar things in Windows as I did in Mac, it failed in similar ways. Moving workspace data into the application on either OS seems to break the interface completely.

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