How do I save photoshop cs5 preferences not work space.

malcolm

Anyone know how to back up the photoshop preferences after you've set them the way you like them. Saving the panel layouts and hotkeys is easy enough through the work space save but I'd like to save/load my general preferences.

PredatorGSR

In CS4, you would back up the following folder (in Windows 7):

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\AdobeCS4\Adobe Photoshop CS4 Settings\

I assume CS5 will be similar. You can use Microsoft Synctoy to automatic it every day if you want too. If you go to a new system, you can just copy that folder to the same directory on the new system, and it will be exactly like the original, including brushes, layout, actions, etc.

FYI: The Appdata folder is hidden by default, so you need to show hidden folders.