Help! I tried to import my Elements 8.0 catalog into my trial of Lightroom 4, not working!

Please someone help me! I downloaded a trial of Lightroom 4 and went to import my Elements 8.0 catalog.  It says that it did do it, but with errors...and now when I open Lightroom, all my pictures just show up as grey squares.  If I try to import pictures individually, it says that Lightroom already has all my pictures in the Library.  Does anyone know a solution? Thank you!

That's a mysterious one!  What type of files are the ones with the grey thumbnails?  They're not PNG files or something like that?
If they're definitely a supported file type (JPEG, PSD, TIFF, camera raw file), then try something for me.  Go to File menu > New Catalog and create a quick test catalog somewhere.  Then just try importing one of the photos previously in your Elements catalog - set it to Add at Existing Location so it doesn't mess up your main catalog.  That will confirm that the photos are ok.
If that works, find your upgraded catalog on the hard drive, close LR and rename the Previews.lrdata file to something else temporarily.  Then reopen LR and see if you can now see the thumbnails.

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