Bugs in PSE-12

Question

They say that re-marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. Upgrading to the latest version of Elements with the hope that Adobe will have fixed existing bugs is rather similar. Here is my current list:
       If one uses thumbnail images larger than the minimum then when scrolling through them a random selection disappear. One can bring them back with “Update Thumbnail”, but not for long. Thanks to several people for suggestions on this, but avoiding to increase thumbnail size is the only thing I have found to work.
       There is a new bug in creating versions sets. I uploaded perhaps 40 images from a camera and edited them. As always, I saved edited images in version sets. However, on returning to the Organizer, I discovered that perhaps about a third of the items had not been converted into Version Sets, although the edited files “IMG_nnnn_edited-1” did exist in the folder. This is a super pain, because I had to check item by item, import the missing edited files, and then simulate versions sets using stacks.
       The list of places in the Tag list which was imported from PSE-10 is not in anything like Alphabetical order, even though that is the default in the preferences. In fact “places” no longer behaves at all as it used to, so will need much more research…
       A “feature”, if not a bug:  if one allows PSE to tag faces, this creates a phenomenal number of separate “breeze” file. I have 35’000! Hence making a backup, or copying the Catalogue directory, takes an age.
       For the first time ever, I crashed the PSE editor, which is far more robust than the organizer. I am not sure how I managed this, but will add to the post if I learn more.
[NB: PC running Windows-7 with all updates and BitDefender; 8 threads, 6 GB memory and a 2560x1600 display.]

Answer 1

D-R-M wrote:
They say that re-marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. Upgrading to the latest version of Elements with the hope that Adobe will have fixed existing bugs is rather similar. Here is my current list:
       If one uses thumbnail images larger than the minimum then when scrolling through them a random selection disappear. One can bring them back with “Update Thumbnail”, but not for long. Thanks to several people for suggestions on this, but avoiding to increase thumbnail size is the only thing I have found to work.
I can't reproduce this problem.
Edit:
Here is the link to your previous post:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1403187
It's interesting to note you are working with a high resolution screen.
       There is a new bug in creating versions sets. I uploaded perhaps 40 images from a camera and edited them. As always, I saved edited images in version sets. However, on returning to the Organizer, I discovered that perhaps about a third of the items had not been converted into Version Sets, although the edited files “IMG_nnnn_edited-1” did exist in the folder. This is a super pain, because I had to check item by item, import the missing edited files, and then simulate versions sets using stacks.
Many posts already about this acknowledged bug, for workarounds see:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1328850
I agree it's a severe bug, which means, among others, that you won't be able to backup those 'missed' files.
Edit:
Unless, of course, if you use the workaround which is to kill the autoanylzer background task...
       The list of places in the Tag list which was imported from PSE-10 is not in anything like Alphabetical order, even though that is the default in the preferences. In fact “places” no longer behaves at all as it used to, so will need much more research…
Sorry, I don't don't use the 'places' tab... I kept the old way.
       A “feature”, if not a bug:  if one allows PSE to tag faces, this creates a phenomenal number of separate “breeze” file. I have 35’000! Hence making a backup, or copying the Catalogue directory, takes an age.
Yes, many tiny files. I'd be surprised if those 35.000 files represent more than 1% of the total backup size, so negligible for the backup time; for a copy of the catalog folder, it's significant, though. I don't use people recognition either.