Backup/Synchronization Warning Hard Drive Almost Full

Every time I try to create an album in Photoshop Elements 10, when it goes to upload to Photoshop.com, I get a warning that my hard drive is almost full. If I repeatedly indicate I have fixed the problem, the album will eventually synchronize. My hard drive is not even close to full; I have 1.36TB free of 1.80TB. My Photoshop.com account is also not nearly full, I am using 2.6GB of 20.0GB available, as I purchased additional storage.
What is causing this error and how do I fix it?
Robert

Hi Robert,
Please try signing out of your Photoshop.com account from PSE and then sigining in again. Also verify that your C drive also has free space. Backup/synchronization also downloads files from your online account to the local hard disk . The default save location is the Pictures folder of the system. You may receive this message if downloading the online files fills up the loacl disk. See if its useful. Would be glad to help further. Thanks.

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