Cannot open image direct from external hard drive in Elements 9

I have recently upgraded from Elements 8 to 9 and when I search for an image in my external hard drive (where all my photos are stored!) I used to be able to double click on it and it opened in E8. When I try this in E9 I get a message: 'Photo image on hard drive 2671Jpg is not a valid win 32 application' and I cannot access my photo. Even if I right-click to 'Open with Elements 9', I get the same message.
How do i fix this?

Hi
Thanks for your suggestion.
However , right clicking opens PSE 9 (not editor) and this does not work.
Get the same message each time.

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