Moving iTunes library to a new PC

Old OS: Win XP SP2
New OS: Win7-64 Professional
iTunes: 11.0.1.12 on both PCs
I need to migrate from an XP PC to a Win7-64 PC. iTunes was one of the S/W items to move.
I read somewhere that I could simply copy the iTunes library from one PC to the other an then just open the library on the new PC. So I did that.
The only things that I cared about during the move were the iPad/iPhone apps since I wasn't using iTunes for anything else.
So, on the new PC it looked like the library loaded OK and it started syncing with my iPad when I plugged it in.
But, it appeard that iTunes had no memory about all of the iPad/iPhone apps that we had downloaded.
More importantly, iTunes had no memory about which Apps I wanted synced with each device since we had way more Apps in iTunes than could fit on either device.
So, with the iPad plugged in under the "Apps" menu there were no Apps showing at all. Then, after trying anything that I could find -- syncing, File->Devices->Transfer Purchases, Backup, Stover->Authorize this computer -- it finally started showing the Apps that were currently on the iPad. It appears that it downloaded them from the iPad to the PC since it took forever.
Now, it appears that iTunes and the iPad are "synced" but all of the other Apps that we had previously purchased are not seen by iTunes. Further, I also have an iPhone that I would like to reconnect with iTunes but I don't want to have to go through the same laborious process that I had to go through with the iPad.
Am I missing something here wrt how to move iTunes Apps from one PC or another or is this the normal process?
And how do I now get the new iTunes to recognize all of Apps that were previously downloaded and are sitting under the current library folder --> iTunes\iTunes Media\Mobile Applications?
Thanks, Chaz

Here's how I moved the library to the new PC:
Copied top level iTunes folder to a USB drive
Copied the iTunes folder to the new PC.
Installed latest version of iTunes on the new PC.
Stopped iTunes.
Started iTunes while holding down the shift key.
Selected the "copied" iTunes folder.
I did have some music in the library and it appeared that the "configuration" for this music was indeed intact.
But, iPad Apps and device configuration did not get transfered as described previously.
Thanks, Chaz

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