Convert psa-catalog from PSE 5.0 to actual catalog of PSE 13

If have a problem to get an old psa-catalog from Photoshop Elements 5 converted into a catalog of the new Photoshop Elements 13. The way the help forum describt it doesn't works, as in the convert-manager the catalog doesn't appears and the checkbox of the previous converted files is inaktive.

Thanks for the reply. I want to move the photos to my new Win 7 laptop and have everything arranged as before. I am asked if I want to restore to the "original location" or a "new location." I don't know if "original location" means on my old laptop or on my new laptop but filed and stored as before.
If I have to chose "new location" I have to "Specify Destination" and I don't know what to specify.

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