Backup.tly in photoshop elements 10? what is it?

What is the backup.tly file for in Photoshop Elements 10? I recently switched to a new computer and tried to resotre (what I thought were) my back up files for photoshop elements, but it did not restore correctly causing me a ton of work. I had been using "backup.tly" to "incremental" backup faithfully about every week for over one year, but when it came time to utilize my back up files (because I switched to a new computer) they wouldn't restore corrctly.

Anatomy of a PSE backup:
- It's a folder with the name of the catalog
- It contains renamed copies of all of your picture files (to avoid problems with duplicates). They are named B000..... plus the original suffix : jpeg, tiff, mov, mp3, xmp... Those files are the backup of your media files -- the catalog itself is a database file : catalog.pse10db, which is copied and renamed catalog.buc in the backup folder.
- It also contains the backup.tly file you have noticed : it's a file containing the cross reference between the real and full path original media file, and the renamed versions in the backup. PSE recognizes this file to undertake the restore process.
What about incremental backups ? They are identical in structure, which means you must create a new folder for each backup, whether full or incremental. How does this work? Practically in the restore process, you point first to the last (most recent) incremental backup (which contains an up to date copy of your present catalog), then you have to follow the on screen instruction to point to each incremental backup folder so that the files are correctly restored.
I suspect your problem is that your incremental backups were not done on a new folder each time.
When you want to move computers, you have to use a full backup.

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Problemereignisname:    APPCRASH
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