Maintaining Preferences on a second computer?

I am using LR5 on one computer but have all my photos and the Lightroom catalog folder & files on an external hard disk. When I run LR5 on a second computer using the same files on the EHD most things seem to be working fine, the 1:1 previews, user presets, etc. But there are a number of items in Preferences and View options that don't have the settings I made when using the other computer. I was under the impression all the LR5 settings and preferences were stored in the Lightroom folder and would therefore "transfer" to a second computer assuming I use the same LR catalog and Lightroom folder. Thanks for any suggestions.

Thanks Rob, I already did that.
I guess I assumed that more of LR5 settings would carry over when I opened the same LR5 .lrcat file on a different computer. Like Library View Options and other settings of the LR screen. But apparently not - it seems only certain settings are carried over when you run the same catalog on a different computer. Is there a list or info on what settings will be transferred?
Also, I see under LR/Help/System info there are three paths for LR file locations:
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5
Library Path: F:\Pictures\Lightroom\Lightroom 5 Catalog.lrcat
Settings Folder: C:\Users\000\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom
Must be the LR Settings Folder in AppData\Roaming is where the local settings (that aren't transferred) for the copy of LR installed on that computer are maintained. What would happen if I copied the AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom folder from the computer where I have things in LR set up the way I want to the corresponding folder in the second computer? Would I now have all the LR settings and preferences the same for both computer?

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