Ugh. What happened to just getting something and owning it?

Yea, while Photoshop was always pretty ass for art- it did have some nice filters and most importantly is where I animate; I can't make .gif without it. Not only is there no version I can buy anymore- I can't even sign into Adobe and re-download the copy I already have, the install on my PC now is the only one, so if I can't shift it to the new one and install... no Photoshop, and no animating. If you think that is bad- Switch 2 cartridges don't actually have the game on them, the physical version is basically just a download key, like, wtf? That means as soon as Nintendo Online shifts away from its current model your game dies with it. Meanwhile I can blow off the dust on my 40 y/o NES and slam a cartridge into that and it will work just fine without subscribing to anything or paying the console to use the internet service I already payed the service provider for. So... which is really the superior system in the end?

Just shuffling everything to the new PC is going to be a painfully long process. I am probably not even going to open its box for a week+ lol. And fingers crossed I don't have to abandon accounts for forgetting all my passwords. u_u;

For the browser, depending on your browser, you can sync online your profile and restore it on the new PC.
For CD, you can get a external USB CD (or bluray) drive.
As for windows 11, before you get too far ahead, you can try to downgrade to Windows 10 by reinstalling the OS.

Sync my profile? How? Wouldn't I have to know what my password is for Google/Chrome to sign into the other PC? Otherwise how does it know what to sync with? And we be eating cardboard flake and shoe soup for the next ten years to afford this new PC, I can't buy yet another device, rofl, so external Blueray would be a distant future idea.

Photoshop working on Win10 isn't much more likely than Win11. It is currently running on Windows7, on a PC that is 11+ years old, warped case so its just leaned on the tower and not actually attached, using an old TV as a display because the previous monitor's drivers couldn't be updated on a discontinued OS, and with a keyboard propped up by a book. Photoshop 6.5 itself is 25 years old. Also I would have to own a copy of Win10 which I do not :X

Sir, I cannot possibly believe that, so far it sounds like you're making an excuse to leave forever, rather than having an actual issue.
It is possible to extract all passwords in your browser, it is a very standard feature, and not an issue at all. You would have known it if you spent a minute asking questions to a search engine. There's no need to go deep with searches anymore, most modern search engines provide Incompetent Automaton (IA) services, that would happily make a summary of all possible solutions to this problem for you.
As for the rest of software problem, I do believe that it is possible to move *most* your precious software collection onto a new computer without having to download everything again from Web. Here help of a search engine may not be enough, as it will likely require some understanding of how things work. I advise commissioning help of some local technicians who won't be shy of fixing a computer full of smut. Moving old stuff to a new machine is a very standard IT procedure, there should be plenty of people who can help you.

I don't know why I would WANT to leave the only place I can post my content, but if I did... I ... wouldn't need a reason, the fact I want to leave would already be the reason itself. And yea, I know they offer AI summaries because I have to go out of my way to avoid them every time, because why the hell would I ever interact with an AI on any level. I don't trust a single thing they have ever said. It is like putting an instruction manual into an RNG filter. I will trust my dog mashing the keyboard with her paws before I ever ask an AI for its God-forsaken opinion.

And yea; after searching around all night I found out how to get into google's settings and that there is a setting to backup all passwords to a file that I could then export to an external drive bbbuuuut here is the thing- they are all password information handled by Google. So guess what password it doesn't have? The most important one- the Google one. Because how would it record its OWN password if I had to be logged in already in order for it to record anything? And this does nothing for the off-browser passwords which are still an issue for me. Don't have Steam, Adobe, or ClipStudio. I have been told you need a microsoft account in order to setup Win11... the last time I used my hotmail account was in Highschool, you better believe that password is gone like a fart in the wind.

It took all yesterday but I got the Steam password back and secured, my wi-fi password, and I made the Google backup of my browser's stored passwords but that needs the Google password which I still don't have, so, guess that is today's first objective. And yea, paying someone else to move my files is impossible- both because we just spent the next ten years of our budget on this PC and have no money in which to pay anyone anything, and also I may be in prison for the contents. Because 90% of my HD is technically illegal, y'know, shoestring budget- five-finger discounts. The one piece is real. Because all my previous backups are on CD, this is going to be a slow and painful shuffle- I have to rip everything off years worth of CDs to my current computer, which is slow and barely works so these transfers will take a while, then from my current PC to the new SSD, and then from the SSD to the new computer. Which is why I am probably not even going to open the box on my new PC for weeks.

I have an external SSD to transfer files the problem is that I don't know how/where Clipstudio puts said files, so short of ripping the entire directory it is in out of the computer- I don't know how to transfer those, because I don't know where they are or what they are labeled as. And currently also don't have my password for Clipstudio, gunna have to try n guess it.
And Photoshop is a compatibility issue- I have the install, I just don't think a 25 year old program will work on Win11.

Google has password recovery options if you linked your account to some third-party mail service or a phone number. You should consider using those if you no longer have your password.
I suggest you making a list of things you need to migrate, and go through it. If anything on the list has recovery options, make sure the recovery contacts are up-to-date before touching it.
If you absolutely depends on CDs, I think you should consider getting a USB CD-burner. Getting a used drive isn't a crime, nobody wants them these days, it should be possible to find neglected cheap units. Ask seller to send you a video proof that it's working if possible.
As for Windows 11, it is still possible to use it without Microsoft account, however Microsoft won't be happy about it and would bother you with requests to make one every ~3 days. However, if you choose to get an account, they will force tons of AI functions on you, without asking.
I do believe that it can run most programs that were designed to run in Windows XP with minimal effort, unless they depend on some hardware device plugged into long-deprecated port. Anything else you can get for a home computer has much worse backwards compatibility.

You can see your passwords with autofill in Google Chrome. Click the three-dot menu in the top-right corner, and under Passwords and Autofill select Google Password Manager. Hopefully there is also your google password, and when not there you can still recover your account and then you can choose a new password.

Yea, quite well hidden- I found it late last night after a few google searches, but, it only records passwords that were used IN the browser, so anything outside of the browser is still a big question mark, and then the browser itself- Google didn't record its own password because I needed to be logged into Google already in order for it to start saving passwords. I guess I will try that after I type this, see if I can just reset the Google password. Because I could also try to guess it, but typically if you guess a password wrong too many times the account gets locked and then i'd really be screwed. But also... how would password recovery even work? If I try to reset my password, wont it ask me to type the current one in first? And if they try to email me a confirmation of reset... my email is also Google. Although I guess if it doesn't sign me out via the reset process, I can still get into my email. *shrug* I will try.

You can export clip brushes and import them on the new PC. I always have to Google how or reference CSP tutorials. Chances are high that a good chunk of your brushes are not available for redownload directly from the assets, you can check which are when you log into CSP and look at your assets on the website. It's also possible to export entire workspaces.

Others have already talked about passwords and such so I'm not gonna get into that.

I do think it's time to retire adobe products for good though.

I have a USB cd drive that was also mentioned already. Works fine but I did end up ripping all my stuff and just throwing it onto an SSD bc I got tired of USB management.

Anyway I hope some of this can help.