Can't open Photoshop Elements 4 or 6 - URGENT

Hi,
I use both Photoshop Elements 4 and Photoshop Elements 6 in the work I do. The last time I opened either program was Friday of last week. Since I last opened them I have made the following changes to my system:
Unistalled an older version of Adobe Flash Player
Installed the latest version of Adobe Flash Player
Purchased and installed Registry Patrol (but have not run it yet)
Installed Identity Patrol (but have not run it yet)
Now today when I attempted to open Elements 4 - the opening page came up where you choose to create or edit, etc. I clicked on the edit icon and got the following message: "Unable to continue because of a hardware or system error. Sorry, but this error is unrecoverable." There was no application error messsage associated with this message.
Then I attempted to open Elements 6. It seemed to open okay, but then when I clicked on File-Open to retrieve some images - nothing happened. I get no error message - just no response.
PLEASE help! I need these programs to do my work.
Thanks in advance!
Barb

You might have a look at it and then check on some of the things mentioned to resolve the issue.
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm
Thanks,
Garry

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