Edit photo in external editor with LR adjustment doesnt work

Hi, Im on Win xp sp2 LR 1.2.
When i try the "edit a copy with lightroom adjustments" i get a Warning and the following massage: "Lightroom was unable to prepare the selected file (name) for editing, It will not be opened.". Whats weird is that lightroom creates the file and its right there if i go to that folder, it just doest open the external editor to continue and edit the file.
-Notice that "Edit a copy" or "Edit original" works! so there is a connection between the apps but it doesn't work with this option checked.
I did a test and created a new catalog, added some pics to it and tried the same procedure and it works just fine, so that leads me to think that its a catalog related problem but thats why im here, to ask you guys.
-Ive read other posts of the same Warning Massage but its not the same problem im experiencing.
Have a catalog of 25000 photos, im sure its not a lot to some but it has all sorts of collections and tags and colors (u know, the usual mess) so i wanna avoid going into "export as catalog" feature and re-import my catalog all over again.
Maybe its a registry problem maybe not.
Any help is welcome, thanks.

I have no idea, but have you tried File / Catalog Settings/ General tab: Relaunch and Optimize. Relates to the database.

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