PSE 12 organizer not opening catalog

First time opening organizer in PSE 12, just bought and installed.
On Windows 7. Previously had PSE 8. Told it to convert catalog, but every time it opens, it starts doing the face recognition process, and promptly crashes.
Have tried the first few solutions in this thread: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1305821?tstart=0
Stopped at entry #6, as I could not find the folder they were describing. And I am not interesting in downloading sqlite.
Any solutions to offer now?

Ah, apparently you didn't read through what I said. I tried the first few solutions offered in the previous forum thread that I linked to -- this was one of them. I have that already turned off. When I go into manage catalogs and try to open the converted catalog, it opens it, promptly says it is Restoring People Recognition Data, and about 5% in, it crashes. Same exact point every time. I try to hit cancel to stop it; doesn't work. ALL Media Analysis is turned off. I've also got the Automatically Generate Thumbnails for Video Files turned off.
Next suggestion?
Could I load in from a backup catalog? I do have my catalog backed up fairly recently.

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