"Catalog launch failed" using PSE 5 on Windows 7

I loaded PSE 5 on a new Windows 7 computer and was in process of transferring catalog from old computer to new one using external hard drive with backedup files. I was able to restore the files successfully to the new hard drive on the new computer (using the Restore Catagog function in the organizer). But now the Organizer will not open in PSE 5 - I get a pop-up window "Catalog launch failed".  I also reinstalled PSE 5 to see if that would help, but same behavior continued. Anyone have suggestions to help? Thanks.

Thanks for the suggestions. Tried the first option - didn't work. Was planning to also upgrade to PSE 8 - so installed that and was able to convert the catalog to PSE 8 so now things are working well on PSE 8.

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