Converting Photoshop Album 2.0 to Elements 13

Anyone know how to import my catalog from Album 2.0 to Elements 13? Elements does not recognize my catalog files.
Thanks

Yes. Thanks for your reply. Just shows my age doesn't it! I've really got to upgrade my system from Windows 3.1.
Still it lasted me for quite a few years over its various issues and wasn't a bad investment for me considering I think it was a magazine cover freebie, though I can't remember whether it was issued on 5" or 3" disks!!!
Interesting to note that conceptually the original design was quite good and together with the new face recognition technology which is as good if not better than Picasa the PSE13 Organiser does a good job. It's a pity Adobe doesn't promote more of this side of the product. I wasn't able to find the replacement to Album as it was starting to struggle as the photo count increased and I hadn't been able to find an obvious replacement. Still that's over now.
All I have to do now is to raise a query as to how to order/sort certain tags and it's a near perfect product for me. Can't find the answer in the Manual(s) or FAQs - or I'm not using the correct query key words.

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Convert photoshop album SE 3.2 to Photoshop elements

It seems simple enough.
I have photoshop album SE 3.2 and it is working well with 8400 photos all tagged is various groups. I downloaded Photoshop elements 8 and installed it(succesfully). I then tried to convert the database over. It does 2% then comes up with:
"The conversion operation failed. Try repairing the catalog with the software that created it and retry conversion"
I have checked every photo, hit the "reconnect all missing files" option under the file tab. held the cntl key upon startup, used the oprimize and repair tabs in photoshop elements and nothing shows any errors but it still will not convert.
Is there something obvious I am missing ?
I have about 20 days left on my trial and I want to make sure it works before I buy it.
Thanking you in advance.

Thanks. I can see a couple of messages that look like errors but do not know how to handle them.
conversion log: C:/ProgramData/Adobe/Photoshop Album/Catalogs/My Catalog.psa to C:/ProgramData/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog elements1
storing catalog guid = 538b246d-3a7f-4db0-83f5-d84a928e10be
--- tag processing - reading tags ---
p:1 -> user tag a:7 "People"
p:2 -> user tag a:8 "Places"
p:3 -> user tag a:9 "Events"
p:4 -> user tag a:10 "Other"
p:5 -> discarding top level import tag
p:6 -> skipped
unable to process tag p:6 "Shared - Incoming", a=000b0004 fa=04 ia=0b parent=0 next=7 firstchild=0
p:7 -> discarding top level history tag
p:8 -> discarding top level day note tag
p:9 -> favorite rating 5
p:10 -> discarding top level collection tag
p:11 -> hidden tag a:12
p:12 -> discarding top level history tag
p:13 -> discarding top level history tag
p:14 -> noted as creation
p:15 -> discarding top level history tag
p:16 -> discarding top level offline tag
p:17 -> noted as stack
p:18 -> skipped
unable to process tag p:18 "", a=00130004 fa=04 ia=13 parent=0 next=19 firstchild=0
p:19 -> discarding top level history tag
p:20 -> skipped
unable to process tag p:20 "", a=00150004 fa=04 ia=15 parent=0 next=21 firstchild=0
p:21 -> skipped
unable to process tag p:21 "", a=00160004 fa=04 ia=16 parent=0 next=0 firstchild=0
p:22 -> user tag a:13 "Family"
p:23 -> user tag a:14 "Friends"
p:26 -> import a:16
p:27 -> import a:25
p:29 -> import a:30
p:30 -> print history tag a:37
p:31 -> collection tag a:41 "New House build"
p:32 -> collection tag a:46 "Mum"
p:33 -> collection tag a:51 "Dad"
p:34 -> collection tag a:55 "Felicia"
p:35 -> collection tag a:59 "Den"
p:36 -> collection tag a:63 "Auntie Kathrene"
p:37 -> collection tag a:66 "Uncle Brother"
p:38 -> collection tag a:69 "Auntie Helen"
p:39 -> collection tag a:72 "Yaya and Papau"
p:40 -> collection tag a:75 "Auntie Jodie, Jack, Katie & Brianne"
p:41 -> collection tag a:78 "Miranda"
p:42 -> collection tag a:81 "Joshua, Lauchlan, Jordan & Heather"
p:43 -> collection tag a:84 "Weddings and adult parties"
p:45 -> collection tag a:88 "Holidays"
p:46 -> collection tag a:91 "Outings"
p:47 -> collection tag a:94 "Dor's relos"
p:48 -> collection tag a:97 "Kids parties"
p:49 -> collection tag a:101 "School"
p:50 -> collection tag a:104 "Family birthdays"
p:51 -> collection tag a:107 "Jess"
p:52 -> collection tag a:110 "Easter"
p:53 -> collection tag a:113 "Beach"
p:54 -> collection tag a:116 "Bath time"
p:55 -> collection tag a:119 "Christmas"
p:56 -> collection tag a:122 "QLD House"
p:57 -> collection tag a:125 "Fathers Day"
p:58 -> collection tag a:128 "Maroubra home"
p:59 -> collection tag a:131 "Friends"
p:60 -> collection tag a:134 "Felicia's Christening"
p:61 -> collection tag a:137 "Bryan's relos"
p:62 -> collection tag a:140 "Den's Christening"
p:63 -> collection tag a:143 "Football"
p:64 -> collection tag a:146 "Den's birth"
p:66 -> user tag a:149 "Felicia"
p:67 -> user tag a:153 "Den"
p:68 -> user tag a:156 "Mum"
p:69 -> user tag a:160 "Dad"
p:70 -> user tag a:163 "Christmas"
p:71 -> user tag a:167 "Bath time"
p:72 -> user tag a:170 "Auntie Helen"
p:73 -> user tag a:174 "Auntie Jodie"
p:74 -> user tag a:178 "AuntKathrene"
p:75 -> user tag a:182 "Dad's relos"
p:76 -> user tag a:185 "Mum's relos"
p:77 -> user tag a:188 "Easters"
p:78 -> user tag a:191 "Birthdays - Den"
p:79 -> user tag a:194 "Birthdays - Mum"
p:80 -> user tag a:197 "Birthdays - Felicia"
p:81 -> user tag a:200 "Birthdays - Dad"
p:82 -> user tag a:203 "Birthdays - Jess"
p:83 -> user tag a:206 "Fathers days"
p:84 -> user tag a:209 "Yaya & Papau"
p:85 -> user tag a:212 "Friends"
p:86 -> user tag a:216 "Joshua, Lauchlan, Heather or Jordan"
p:87 -> user tag a:219 "Singapore"
p:88 -> user tag a:222 "Vincentia"
p:89 -> user tag a:225 "Gold Coast"
p:90 -> user tag a:228 "Lake Macquarie"
p:91 -> user tag a:231 "Coffs Harbour"
p:92 -> user tag a:234 "Port Stephens"
p:93 -> user tag a:237 "Mothers days"
p:94 -> user tag a:240 "Sporting events"
p:95 -> user tag a:243 "Museum"
p:96 -> user tag a:246 "Easter show"
p:97 -> user tag a:249 "Canberra"
p:98 -> user tag a:252 "Fitness at Sydney Olympic"
p:99 -> user tag a:255 "Fairy rides"
p:100 -> user tag a:258 "Indoor play areas"
p:101 -> user tag a:262 "Shows"
p:102 -> user tag a:266 "Symbio Park"
p:103 -> user tag a:269 "Parks & beaches"
p:104 -> user tag a:272 "Taronga Zoo"
p:105 -> user tag a:275 "NYE"
p:106 -> user tag a:278 "Aquarium with Jess"
p:107 -> user tag a:281 "Miranda home"
p:108 -> user tag a:284 "Uncle Brother"
p:109 -> print history tag a:287
p:110 -> user tag a:290 "Jess"
p:111 -> print history tag a:293
p:112 -> print history tag a:296
p:113 -> import a:299
p:114 -> import a:304
p:115 -> user tag a:309 "Schools"
p:116 -> user tag a:313 "Kids parties"
p:117 -> import a:316
p:118 -> print history tag a:321
p:119 -> print history tag a:324
p:120 -> import a:327
p:121 -> import a:332
p:122 -> print history tag a:337
p:123 -> print history tag a:340
p:124 -> import a:343
p:125 -> import a:348
p:126 -> import a:353
p:127 -> import a:358
p:128 -> import a:363
p:129 -> print history tag a:368
p:130 -> import a:371
p:131 -> import a:376
p:132 -> import a:381
p:133 -> import a:386
p:134 -> import a:391
p:135 -> user tag a:396 "Weddings & adult parties"
p:136 -> import a:399
p:137 -> import a:404
p:138 -> import a:409
p:139 -> print history tag a:414
p:140 -> print history tag a:417
p:141 -> print history tag a:420
p:142 -> print history tag a:423
p:143 -> print history tag a:426
p:144 -> print history tag a:429
p:145 -> print history tag a:432
p:146 -> print history tag a:435
p:148 -> import a:438
p:149 -> import a:443
p:150 -> import a:448
p:151 -> import a:453
p:152 -> import a:458
p:153 -> import a:463
p:154 -> user tag a:468 "New Car"
p:155 -> user tag a:471 "Maroubra"
p:156 -> import a:474
p:157 -> print history tag a:479
p:158 -> print history tag a:482
p:159 -> import a:485
p:160 -> import a:490
p:161 -> user tag a:495 "Snow"
p:162 -> print history tag a:498
p:163 -> print history tag a:501
p:164 -> print history tag a:504
p:165 -> print history tag a:507
p:166 -> print history tag a:510
p:167 -> print history tag a:513
p:168 -> user tag a:516 "Christenings"
p:169 -> import a:519
--- tag processing - reparenting user tags ---
p:1 children = a:13 a:14
p:2 children = a:219 a:222 a:225 a:228 a:231 a:234 a:281 a:471 a:495
p:3 children = a:163 a:167 a:188 a:191 a:194 a:197 a:200 a:203 a:206 a:237 a:240 a:243 a:246 a:249 a:252 a:255 a:258 a:262 a:266 a:269 a:272 a:275 a:278 a:313 a:396 a:468 a:516
p:4 children = a:309
p:22 children = a:149 a:153 a:156 a:160 a:170 a:174 a:178 a:182 a:185 a:209 a:284 a:290
p:23 children = a:212 a:216
--- tag processing - reparenting collection tags ---
p:10 children = a:41 a:46 a:51 a:55 a:59 a:63 a:66 a:69 a:72 a:75 a:78 a:81 a:84 a:88 a:91 a:94 a:97 a:101 a:104 a:107 a:110 a:113 a:116 a:119 a:122 a:125 a:128 a:131 a:134 a:137 a:140 a:143 a:146
can't fix children for unmapped collection p10
--- media processing - creating media ---
adding volume for path "C:/Users/User/Pictures/Maroubra Lions.jpg", serial=471491471, description="VistaOS"
created media a:525 for file "C:/Users/User/Pictures/Maroubra Lions.jpg"
adding volume for path "G:/Pictures/Adobe/Digital Camera Photos/Den's Bday.jpg", serial=1881293147, description="G:"
created media a:541 for file "G:/Pictures/Adobe/Digital Camera Photos/Den's Bday.jpg"
created media a:549 for file "G:/desktop my documents 20080612/My Documents/My Pictures/Singapore old/DSC00549.JPG"
created media a:557 for file "G:/desktop my documents 20080612/My Documents/My Pictures/Singapore old/DSC00550.JPG"
The remaining messages are created media messages - the same as above. It does 2791 out of 8440

Converting Catalog from Photoshop Album 2 to P. Elements 4 or 9

When converting the catalog from Photoshop Album 2.0 PE Versions 4.0 or 9.0, I get 43% through the conversion and then an error message pops up saying the file is corrupt and to repir first in the original version. I have looked up other forums which have been helpful recommending to hold Control key down whening opening P Album to firstly repair the catalog. This done successfully, with the catalog working in Album "successfully repaired", it still does not correct the error message when attemptng to re-convert the catalog into the later versions. I have about 12,000 photos in the catalog. Any ideas most welcome?

I am curious
Is PS Album 2 running on a Windows XP PC ? Does PS Album run normally ?
PSE 4 on the same PC ?
Is PSE 9 running on the same computer as Photoshop Album 2 ?
Or perhaps is PSE 9 running on a new computer with Windows 7 ?
For PS Album 2, in addition to doing the repair of the Catalog (which you have done), you should not have any disconnected files when you attempt a catalog upgrade. In PS Album 2, look for a command to Reconnect All Missing Files -- it may be under the File menu. Run that command.
Here is a reference to a discussion of problems upgrading catalogs
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Problems_converting_catalo gs
I suggest that you read it for general background and specifically I suggest that you read the comments about identifying a "poisin" video file

Convert Photoshop Album to PSE8

I have been using Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2 to organise my photos and recently bought PSE8. To transfer all my photos into PSE8 Organiser I think I should use the Convert option. (File > Catalog > Convert)
When I do and select Album as the place to convert from it displays the message: "The conversion operation failed. Try repairing the catalog with the software that created it and retry conversion". Album doesn't have a repair option, only a "Reconnect Missing Files", which says "No files to reconnect".
Can anyone tell me how to get my photos (2k+) into my PSE8 catalog with associated tags etc? I am in UK and have a very slow broadband service so I dont think sharing using Photoshop.com is possible / viable.
Any / all suggestions gratefully received.

See this FAQ:
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Problems_converting_catalo gs

Restoring & converting Photoshop Album 2.0 catalog

I recently replaced my old PC (Windows XP, Photoshop Album 2.0) by a new one (Windows 7), however not without first saving my Photoshop Album catalog on an external hard drive.
As Windows 7 refuses to install Photoshop Album 2.0, I purchased Photoshop Elements 8, as the Adobe website indicated that PSE 8 supported catalogs made by Photoshop Album.
However when trying to restore my Photoshop Album catolog from the external hard drive, after restoring it, PSE8 asks me to convert it and then I always get a failure message saying that the catalog couldn't be succesfully converted .
Can anyone give me a helping hand? Thank you.

The upgrade from Photoshop Album 2 can have some difficulties, but people have been successful. I recommend that you follow the suggested steps and request additional help from others on this forum when you can not resolve a problem.
References for conversions of a Photoshop Album catalog and upgrading for Windows 7
start here--
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Problems_converting_catalo gs
(it includes references to Adobe documents as well as additional comments)
Pay special attention to the beginning where the cleanup steps of Catalog Recover and Reconnect are recommended on your old system for your PSA catalog.
Other references that are more specific to Windows 7 are :
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_PSE_and_Windows
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Run_in_Vista
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Ugrade from Photoshop Album 3.2

Hello, I still use Adobe Photoshop Album 3.2 Starter Edition and think of upgrading to Photoshop Elements. If I do so, is the database of Photoshop Album (Tags, Albums,...) still available and usable in Elements? Am I loosing information available in Photoshop Album? Is Elements offering all features of Photoshop Album?
THX for Your answers

You can upgrade from Photoshop album 3.2 to Elements 11 successfully. No information gets lost in conversion process.

Will Photoshop Album 3.2 process all tags and catalogs from v2.0?

I want to upgrade to Photoshop Album 3.2 but the last time I tried that a year ago I could not figure out how to move my tags and catalogs. Did I do something wrong or has this been fixed?

You can upgrade from Photoshop album 3.2 to Elements 11 successfully. No information gets lost in conversion process.

Converting Catalogs From Photoshop Album (2.0) to Photoshop Elements 13

My Photoshop Album currently holds some 23,000 photographs/jpgs from 2003 to date. Each is catalogued to provide a very high level of granularity to assist in identifying specific photographs and their subject content.
I have purchased Photoshop Elements to update the management of the collection. The Adobe information identifies it to be a suitable successor but indicates that there is likely to be some effort required to update the catalog. Using Catalog Manager I have attempted to Convert the old catalog which didn’t work because it “couldn’t be seen” in Elements. Further research of the Forum and other Adobe resources pointed to the Catalog Conversion Utility. Again this also failed to work.
I then reduced the number of photographs to about 4,500 (year 2014). I have noted by the way that this has had virtually no effect on the psa file size. As I gradually Deleted photos from the Catalog I have come across about 100 items which cannot be deleted and returns the following error message….
The ODBC data source reported the following error:
“[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Indicator variable required but not supplied on column number 10 (fDateTimeHigh)”
I have tried a number of ways to delete the photos including removing them from their folder; “Reconnecting the Missing File” with/without the same name in a different Folder; and generally getting myself very frustrated with my lack of knowledge. Googling/search for help and pointers hasn’t found the solution.
What or where can I find a way of deleting these errant files? (I have MS Access if this is a tool that might get me the solution.)
Note that one very old and small Catalog did convert and successfully integrated into Elements so it all works in principle. It seems to point to these problem jpgs.
Any help would be much appreciated.
FROM PHOTOSHOP ALBUM
System Details:
#### NOTE the following is incorrect (copied from “System Info” on Album Help. This is the original build OS; currently Windows 7 with latest updates. See further down for Photoshop Elements for System Info. ####
Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0.0.16271
Current Catalog:
Catalog Name: Main.psa
Catalog Location: C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Photoshop Album\Catalogs\
Catalog Size: 45MB
Catalog Cache Size: 536MB
System:
Operating System Name: XP
Operating System Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
System Architecture: Intel CPU Family:6 Model:10 Stepping:7 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP
Built-in Memory: 4GB
Free Memory: 4GB
Important Drivers / Plug-ins / Libraries:
Microsoft DirectX Version: 9.0
Apple QuickTime Version: 7.76
Adobe Image Viewer Version: Not installed
Adobe Acrobat Reader Version: 11.0
Adobe Acrobat Version: 10.1
Adobe Atmosphere Version: 3.0
FROM PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS
Elements Organizer 13.0.0.0
Core Version: 13.0 (20140831.m.62014)
Language Version: 13.0 (20140831.m.62014)
Current Catalog:
Catalog Name: Mum & Dad Document Scans
Catalog Location: C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Photoshop Album\Catalogs\New Catalogs\Mum & Dad Document Scans\
Catalog Size: 132KB
Catalog Cache Size: 31.8KB
System:
Operating System Name: Windows 7
Operating System Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1
System Architecture:
Built-in Memory: 8GB
Free Memory: 4.6GB
Important Drivers / Plug-ins / Libraries:
Microsoft DirectX Version: 9.0
Apple QuickTime Version: Not installed
Adobe Reader Version: Not installed
Adobe Acrobat Version: 10.1
CD and DVD drives:
D: (ATAPI iHAS624 BUS: 1 ID: 1 Firmware: B)

Yes. Thanks for your reply. Just shows my age doesn't it! I've really got to upgrade my system from Windows 3.1.
Still it lasted me for quite a few years over its various issues and wasn't a bad investment for me considering I think it was a magazine cover freebie, though I can't remember whether it was issued on 5" or 3" disks!!!
Interesting to note that conceptually the original design was quite good and together with the new face recognition technology which is as good if not better than Picasa the PSE13 Organiser does a good job. It's a pity Adobe doesn't promote more of this side of the product. I wasn't able to find the replacement to Album as it was starting to struggle as the photo count increased and I hadn't been able to find an obvious replacement. Still that's over now.
All I have to do now is to raise a query as to how to order/sort certain tags and it's a near perfect product for me. Can't find the answer in the Manual(s) or FAQs - or I'm not using the correct query key words.

How do you convert a Photoshop Album 2.0 catalog to Photoshop Elements 13.0 catalog?

I have a lot of photographs with metadata and tags in Photoshop Album version 2.0 and I want to pull thee images, metadata, and tags into Photoshop Elements version 13.0 on a Windows 7 computer. Searching the web I found that this has to be done with the convert feature. I tried File, Manage Catalogs, Convert and point to the folder holding my Photo Project Catalog.psa file, but nothing happens. It does not apparently see the .psa file. How do I get my .psa catalog migrated into Elements 13?

Hi,
See if this helps.
Convert Organizer catalogs for 64-bit versions | Photoshop Elements 13 or later
Brian

Convert Catalog from Adobe Photoshop Album to Photoshop Elements 13

Hello Community!
I've searched for this question in Google, but I didn't find an answer that helped me.
The old computer from my client with Windows XP OS is getting replaced by a new one with Windows 7.
There was Adobe Photoshop Album on the old one which isn't supported anymore. My client had over 15'000 pictures on his old PC which I've already copied on the new computer. Now he wants his albums, tags and these things from Adobe Photoshop Album back, so I decided to install Photoshop Elements 13 because of the Elements Organizer tool.
Now I've seen answers in forums that sayed that all these informations are saved in the "My Albums.psa" Catalog file, which I've already found on the old computer and copied on the new one. Some people sayed it would work with the "convert" option in PSE, but this doesn't work for me, because PSE doesn't see the .psa file. So I tried to convert my .psa file with this Tool, but in the middle of the progress it says that it failed and that I should try to repair the file in PSE. I'm now stuck here, with several different solutions, and yet I don't know what to do now.
I've read something about the folder structure and that the pictures and folders have to be on the harddisk when trying to convert the .psa file. All pictures are on the new computer, but of course the folders aren't the same on the new OS.
It would be glad if I find a solution as soon as possible from someone in the community.
Thanks and have a nice day!

Finally I could solve the problem.
I tried to import the Backup.tly in Photoshop Elements, but without success. Even there an Error appeared. The conversion tool also still got this failure at a progress of 15% conversion... So I searched a reason for the failure in google and found this helpful article from Adobe. It says that you should look for the corrupt images in the log file. So did I, and I found the error causing picture on the old computer and deleted it. After that I opened Photoshop Album, clicked on "File > Reconnect all missing files" and deleted this picture from the catalog.
Now I didn't want to make the backup again, because the last nearly had 1h. So I decided to try it again by just copying the catalog.psa from the old computer to the new one and to convert it again with the conversion tool. The error came again, but at a progress of 22% So i had to do this a few times: Searching the corrupt image in the log file, deleting it on the old computer, deleting the missing file in Photoshop Album and converting it. And finally, it worked, no error after conversion! I let photoshop elements 13 open the new .pse13 file. Now, all tags and albums were back on Photoshop Elements. Eventually, I let the programm searching the new paths of all the images. It takes a time but it works great now. Thanks for your help, I would recommend the Adobe Community & support!

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I have looked all over and found instructions for converting a catalog from Adobe Photoshop Album into Photoshop Elements 9, but it does not see my catalog? I have tried selecting it by clicking "Find More Catalogs" and I select the folder containing the catalog but it does not show up and the option to "Show Previously Converted Catalogs" is disabled? I am quite frustrated, as the entire reason for purchasing Adobe Photoshop Elements was to be able to import my old Photoshop Album catalog. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for the suggestion, I have tried converting the catalog from the psa file as well as restoring from the psb (backup) file and neither one is working on my new computer. It partially converts the catalog from Photoshop Album (PSA) 2 but then all the file links are broken in Photoshop Elements (PSE) 9. I have about 10,000 photos in this catalog, so it is a lot of files. I still have my old computer so I tried installing PSE 9 on it and then it converted the PSA catalog fine, so I backup up the PSE 9 catalog on my old computer and tried doing a restore from this backup on my new computer and same thing, only some of the files come through.

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Thank you so much it worked - the only thing that didn't transfer was the folder pics I'd chosen for the tags so that didn't take long to redo - many thanks - I'd never have found that. It would have been so much more obvious if it showed 'open' or 'select catalogue' rather than just the word 'catalogue' with no other options visible from the dropdown menu.
Happy Bunny here!

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I'm having trouble converting Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 catalog to Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 Organizer. I get a Conversion Failed error which tells me to repair with the program that created it. I have tried several things including deleting all .avi files from the catalog, deleting references to missing files and backing up then trying to convert from an external HD. I'm running Vista Home Premium on a HP laptop. The Organizer optimize and repair don't seem to help in this case.
Does anyone have any history with this or advice?

Please refer to following KB article which deals with catalog conversion failures:-
http://helpx.adobe.com/elements-organizer/kb/elements-catalog-conversion-fails.html

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I have just bought the Adobe Elements 8. I was told that this product was the upgrade product from the trial version of Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2. Can't find a clear solution in this forum of how to transfer the metadata to the Adobe Elements 8 and continue the indexing with the latest product. Hopefully somebody can help.
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If you still have your 3.2 psa catalog in your "My Catalogs" folder, try
downloading PSE5 from here:
http://www.johnrellis.com/photoshop_elements_5.0_trial_version.exe.
PSE5 should be able to find your catalog and you can convert it into PSE5.
If that doesn't work, it may be because you weren't able to run "reconnect
all missing files" in PSA3.2 before attempting the conversion. If all your
photos were still connected, this should work. Then you can open PSE8 and
convert PSE5 into PSE8. Do a "reconnect all missing files" in PSE5 before
you do the conversion. Even though all my files were connected when I
converted PSA2 into PSE5, PSE5 had about 30 unconnected photos.
Good luck!
http://www.johnrellis.com/photoshop_elements_5.0_trial_version.exe

How to go from Photoshop Album Starter Edition to Photoshop Elements?

I have both Photoshop Album Starter Edition and Photoshop Elements on my computer. I didn't even know I had the PSA SE--I just assumed it was part of Photoshop Elements when it automatically opened after I stuck my photo disk in. So I started playing around with it and cataloged my new photos. Then I started Photoshop Elements, and none of the cataloging or tags that I had just entered in PSA SE were there. Is there any way to transfer the information from PSA SE to Photoshop Elements without having to retype everything?

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