Organizer in Photoshop Elements 8 hangs

I have PhotoShop Elements 8 (boxed DVD) installed on a HP Elite desktop with Intel i-core 7 processor with Windows 7 - 64 bit operating system. The PSE 8 organizer will not load and hangs up. The editior, however, loads. Unistalled and reinstalled the software and the results are the same. Any suggestions. I have also asked for support at ADOBE technical support.

I see you were able to help someone that was experiencing Elements Organizer 8 hanging. I tried going to your link, but couldn't get to the correct spot. Maybe its changed?
I have Photoshop Elements 8.0 and Premier Elements 8.0. I was uploading photos to Shutterfly today when my computer went to sleep. When I brought the computer back I got a screen saying preparing Elements and all the pictures were visable. The screen was frozen. I couldn't stop it and so I proceeded with a Start / Shutdown.
Now after rebooting when it came to the Elements Welcome screen it said an error had occurred and wanted me to report it.
After several reboots I am unable to open Organizer. It seems to be going through start up process, but then just stops. The messages in the right hand corner say loading messages and then stop. I can open the Editor fine, but also can import images from Organizer or open Organizer from the Editor.
Same problems in Premier. Editor opens, but Organizer does not.
I have tried the suggestion of opening Organizer straight from the .exe file rather than the welcome window, but have the same issue as menitioned... I get a quick flash of the blue start up page and then its gone.
- I have rebooted several times.
- Uninstalled Quicktime - Adobe help menu said it could cause problems.
- Deleted Temporary files.
- Went to Services.msc and restarted the Adobe Active File Monitor v8
- another page said to press CTRL/ALT/SHIFT while trying to open ORganizer from the Welcome Screen, but that also didn't work.
NOthing has helped so far.
I'm sure hoping I can get this working without having to reinstall. I've done a lot of tagging of pictures and would hate to lose that.
PS: I have been using Organizer just fine for many years without issue on the same computer.
Thanks,
BZ
Bingo! After several hours of trying different things, this finally did it...
PSE 7: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/408/kb408913.html
The PSE 7 tech note also applies to PSE 8 – replace 7.0 with 8.0 in the folder name it says to delete.
I deleted the folder "Photoshop Elements 8.0.0" found in this location:
C:\Users\USER NAME\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Online Services\
BZ
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