Transferring preferences and settings

I apologize if there has already been a discussion on this, but nothing came up in my search. I have photoshop CS3. I just got a new desktop computer - Dell XPS studio. I installed my PS3 software onto the new computer without any problems (as it had previously been installed on my old computer). Though I can't figure out how to transfer my preferences and setting without having to manually place each individual folder on the new computer. Is there a way to do this quickly? After I installed PS3 on the new computer, I read that I couldn've uninstalled on the old (while saving the settings/preferences) and they would have been there when I reinstalled it on the new computer. However, I don't want to mess with the software anymore. I'd rather not have to uninstall it on the new computer since it is running just fine.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

No, there's no automated/quick way to transfer settings. But it's really not a bad idea to go revisit and review all the settings on your new computer anyway. You're making a change to a whole new machine - maybe it's a good time to re-think the choices you made in the past.
If you have saved certain things that are not easily reproduced, you can find them in the locations listed in this document:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/401/kb401600.html
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