Cannot Convert PSE5 catalog to PSE 8

This seems like a user error but I can't for the life of me figure out what's going on. I have PSE 5 with a catalog of about 10K photos. I keep trying to use the catalog convert function in PSE 8, however when I browse to the catalog's location (Find More Catalogs) and click OK, it doesn't appear to find the catalog. No catalogs are listed. Can anyone help!
Kyle

See this FAQ for complete information about converting catalogs from older versions of PSE:
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Problems_converting_catalo gs

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psedbtool version 1.08
Opening catalog P:\Catalog\AngieKyle\AngieKyle\catalog.pse8db
Photoshop Elements version:      8
Total files               : 10859
Total files missing       : 10859
Total files offline       :      0
Total files wrong volume :      0
PSE Volume Table
Path used by PSE        : \\.psf\Home
Type                    : network_drive
Status                  : online
Total files             : 10859
Total files missing     : 10859
Total files wrong volume: 0
Description             : //.psf/Home
Serial                  : //.psf/Home
Drive_path_if_builtin   :
Id                      : 174933
Path used by PSE        : P:\Catalog\AngieKyle\AngieKyle
Type                    : database_relative_drive
Status                  : online
Total files             : 0
Total files missing     : 0
Total files wrong volume: 0
Description             : database relative
Serial                  : amoc:database_relative_volume
Drive_path_if_builtin   :
Id                      : 2
Path used by PSE        : C:
Type                    : builtin_drive
Status                  : online
Total files             : 0
Total files missing     : 0
Total files wrong volume: 0
Description             : C:
Serial                  : ACF1-823B
Drive_path_if_builtin   : C:
Id                      : 6207
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A:     removable_drive 18D7-772B
C:     builtin_drive    ACF1-823B
D:     readonly_drive   0000-0000
E:     removable_drive 0000-0000
F:     removable_drive 0000-0000
G:     removable_drive 0000-0000
H:     removable_drive 0000-0000
P:     network_drive    0000-0000
Y:     network_drive    0000-0000
Z:     network_drive    0000-0000
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Opening catalog W:\Catalog\HarrisonPhotos\catalog.pse8db
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Total files               : 10859
Total files missing       :      0
Total files offline       :      0
Total files wrong volume :      0
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Total files missing     : 0
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Status                  : online
Total files             : 10859
Total files missing     : 0
Total files wrong volume: 0
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Serial                  : ACF1-823B
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Id                      : 6207
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A:     removable_drive 18D7-772B
C:     builtin_drive    ACF1-823B
D:     readonly_drive   0000-0000
E:     removable_drive 0000-0000
F:     removable_drive 0000-0000
G:     removable_drive 0000-0000
H:     removable_drive 0000-0000
W:     network_drive    0000-0000
X:     network_drive    0000-0000
Y:     network_drive    0000-0000
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