Transfer everything from old computer to new computer with Windows 11
Transfer programs and files to new computer
Transfer files from one computer to another
Transfer Microsoft Office to new computer
Restore programs and files from a broken or dead computer
Transfer directly from an old hard drive
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Corporate Windows 11 migration
User Profile Migration to new PC / new domain
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Migration to Server 2019 / 2016
Transfer everything from old computer to new computer with Windows 11
Transfer programs and files to new computer
Transfer files from one computer to another
Transfer Microsoft Office to new computer
Restore programs and files from a broken or dead computer
Transfer directly from an old hard drive
Transfer to new computer using a USB hard drive
Corporate Windows 11 migration
User Profile Migration to new PC / new domain
How To Migrate Local Profiles to Azure AD
Migration to Server 2019 / 2016
Transfer programs and files to new computer
Transfer files from one computer to another
Transfer Microsoft Office to new computer
Restore programs and files from a broken or dead computer
Transfer directly from an old hard drive
Transfer to new computer using a USB hard drive
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Migration Kit Pro - Advanced Transfer
Transfer programs and files to new computer
Transfer files from one computer to another
Transfer Microsoft Office to new computer
Restore programs and files from a broken or dead computer
Transfer directly from an old hard drive
Transfer to new computer using a USB hard drive
How to Transfer Adobe Creative Cloud to a New Computer (Apps, Presets and Plugins)
Moving your Adobe Creative Cloud setup – Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Lightroom – to a new computer? Half of the job is easy, and Adobe handles it. The other half is where people lose years of customization. Here is both halves.
The easy half: the apps themselves
- On the new computer, install the Creative Cloud desktop app and sign in with your Adobe ID.
- Install your apps from the Creative Cloud app.
- If you hit the activation limit (CC allows sign-in on two machines), sign out on the old computer – or deactivate it from your Adobe account page.
The half Adobe doesn’t move
Signing in gives you fresh installs. It does not bring:
- Presets, brushes, actions, styles, swatches and custom workspaces
- Third-party plugins and their licenses
- Application preferences and performance settings
- Local Lightroom Classic catalogs and any files stored outside Cloud sync
You can chase each of those through the various AppData and Adobe folders by hand – or move the whole working environment at once.
Moving everything at once
Zinstall WinWin transfers your applications with their settings, presets, plugins and all your files – automatically. Note that Creative Cloud apps still verify your subscription: you will sign in with your Adobe ID on the new computer, and everything else is already in place, exactly as you left it.
How to transfer your Adobe setup to the new computer
- Run Zinstall WinWin on your current computer (the one you are transferring from).
Note: You can get Zinstall WinWin here. - Run Zinstall WinWin on the new computer
- You don’t need to do any configurations for the computers to connect – it’s automatic
- If the computers are already connect to same router, same Internet connection, or same wireless connection, you don’t need anything else
- If the computers are not connected at all, connect them with a network / Ethernet cable
- If you’d like to select which applications and files you want to transfer, press the Advanced menu. If you just want to transfer everything, you don’t need to go to the Advanced menu.
- Press “Go” on the Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer to start the transfer
That’s it!
Once the transfer is done, your Adobe apps, presets, plugins and projects will be on the new computer – just like on the old one.