Elements 12 Editor Crashes Before Opening

Question

A few months ago I bought and downloaded Photoshop Elements 12 from Adobe's website due to my Elements 8 crashing before it opens. For about a month it worked fine, but when I clicked on the logo Elements 12 wouldn't open. I would right-click my images and try to open them in Elements 12 but a window would pop up saying "Photoshop Elements 12 Editor has stopped working" (I use Windows). Using Safe Mode I fixed Elements 12 so that the window appears where I can click between Organizer and Editor. Organizer works fine, but when I click editor the loading bar appears and the "Stopped Working" screen would appear again. Does anyone know how I can use Editor on Elements 12 again?

Answer 1

Can you get into the welcome screen?  If so then it is a good idea to reset the settings file to see if corrects any errors automatically.  to do this you need to do this:
1) Press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT with fingers on one left-hand
2) With right hand click on the editor icon on the welcome screen
3) Look for a small window that looks like this:
4) click yes and see if this solves the problem.
Good luck.