PS CS5 Migration

I am moving from a Win 7 machine to a newer Win 7 machine. I am currently running PS CS5 and Bridge on the latest versions. Is their a checklist somewhere that can be used to help migrate over all my actions, gradients, brushes, etc that I have modified once I have re-installed the CS5 onto the new machine?
Bob

Assuming you have access to both systems for a while, you should be able to activate Photoshop on the new machine (assuming you've only activated it once) and run it in both places, which can be handy for ensuring you have made the same preference choices. Even if you can't activate it on the new one until you've deactivated it on the old one, you can run it on the new one in 30 day free trial mode.
I would recommend against replacing most of the preferences files (instead you should configure the new installation directly), but here are the locations of all the preferences and other files Photoshop uses:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/828/cpsid_82893.html
When you're fully migrated off the old machine, don't forget to go into Photoshop on the old machine and choose Help - Deactivate...
-Noel

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