Want actions from CS2 action palette in CS5

Hello, I had Photoshop CS2 on my old laptop and created some actions for improving photographs.  That computer died but I managed to save the hard drive.  On my new laptop I have Photoshop CS5 and I'm desperate to be able to use my old actions.  I have the action palette.psp file from my CS2 files - is there a way I can 'put that into' my CS5 folders so I can access the actions?  Grateful for any help!

What you could try is to go to the preferences folder...
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/828/cpsid_82893.html
Rename the actions file, and put the cs2 file in its place, start Photoshop then save the action sets out. Close Photoshop. Remove the CS2 file and rename the actions file back again, start Photoshop and load the actions sets you have just saved.
I don't have CS5 on a Mac but it looks as if the documentation could be wrong as it shows "Actions panel.psp" for the actions file?
Should this be "Action Palette.psp"
Edit: - yes the documentation is incorrect.

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