Conversion of Photoshop Elements Catalog from 12 to 13 fails

Hello,
On installing Photoshop Elements 13 I attempted to convert my catalog from Photoshop Elements 12. The conversion fails with the following dialog:
I have followed all the steps outlined in this article (Troubleshoot catalog backup, upgrade | Organizer | Elements 6 or later) and still the catalog will not convert. The pse-conversion-log file states the following:
conversion log: Started conversion from C:/ProgramData/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog to C:/ProgramData/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog temp 1
copying entire catalog directory...
error: copying C:/ProgramData/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog failed, aborting
catalog copy failed
conversion log: Conversion Failed
The process appears to fail when copying the bReeze-18683.xml file.
Can anyone help me please?
Hamish
Elements Organizer 13.0.0.0
Core Version: 13.0 (20140831.m.62014)
Language Version: 13.0 (20140831.m.62014)
Current Catalog:
Catalog Name: CIB Catalog
Catalog Location: C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Elements Organizer\Catalogs\CIB Catalog\
Catalog Size: 538KB
Catalog Cache Size: 6.9MB
System:
Operating System Name: Windows 8
Operating System Version: 6.3
System Architecture:
Built-in Memory: 15.9GB
Free Memory: 12.3GB
Important Drivers / Plug-ins / Libraries:
Microsoft DirectX Version: 9.0
Apple QuickTime Version: Not installed
Adobe Reader Version: Not installed
Adobe Acrobat Version: Not installed
CD and DVD drives:
D: (HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW BUS: 2 ID: 2 Firmware: CH12LS28)

Thanks Michel,
When I made the copy of the catalog there was a file that could not be found and copied across, when I looked for it in the original catalog I found it was called b2eeza-18684.xml . So I thought I would try and convert the copy without removing the breeze data folder because this file (which may be corrupt) does not exist in the copy of the catalog. It worked.
One note, in order for the copy of the catalog to work with Find More Catalogs the original catalog needed to be removed from the default location that I had it in. Elements seemed to detect that it and the copy were the same catalog and would not add the copy to the list of catalogs that could be converted. Once I had moved the original catalog to another folder I was able to add the copy.
Hamish

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