Elements 13 Slideshow issues!

I have recently upgraded to 13 from 11 and tried the slideshow with around 400 pictures, it got a quarter through, the lost sound and the image flow was extremely erratic. Also why is there no simple slide show available like with 11?

I am getting extremely frustrated with Adobe ---- one more time. My slide show in 13 does not function beyond allowing me to select a theme. Once selected, nothing happens other than returning me to the organizer screen. I spent a wasted hour on Adobe chat being informed that they are only trained for download issues and essentially know nothing about slideshows in 13
So with no help.... I will have to give up the slideshow functionality unless someone with knowledge can reply here to get it working. I believe it worked a month ago when I first tried it but now it has nothing .... no preview nada. . Looks like I am out of luck.

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slideTimer = new Timer(Number(xmlSlideshow..file[intCurrentSlide].@time));
Now, according to my Flash manual I bought, I need to 'instanciate' things. Did I forget this?
Just can't get my head around this OOP stuff...
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