"Backing up" photoshop prefs, brushes, actions?

[jhamonphoto]

I'm going to need to reinstall PS and some system software so... my question is:
is there a method to retain prefs and things like brushes and actions????

Thanks

Jeff

 

[tswhite]

If you added new brushes that didn't come standard with the install, they should still be in the brushes folder you put them in. Same with scripts and actions.

 

[Smokey2011]

for actions, you need to go into the actions window and save your actions to a different folder, preferably not on your c: drive

same for any brushes you downloaded/obtained yourself- save those into a different folder.

then, re-install PS, go to your actions window again, and just re-load them in.

For brushes, copy them from your backup folder, and then paste them into the brushes folder in PS on the c: drive (afetr you have re-installed PS, of course)