Elements Organizer does not die on exit

I've been using Photoshop Elements for more than 10 years now and I use it for 40,000+ photos, videos and PDF.
I'm currently using Elements 11 on 64 bit Windows 7, but the problem has been there for the last few versions. I've had a consistent problem that when I exit the organiser, the process is left running. I can see it listed in the task manager. In order to re-lauch the program, I have to first kill the process.
I've had this problem for a few years and just live with it, but I'm wondering if anybody else has seen it and knows what is going on?

  Try making a direct shortcut for the Organizer and Editor. Make sure you have the correct file path as there is more than one exe file. You can then launch the programs directly from the desktop bypassing the welcome screen. This is generally better as the welcome screen leaves background processes running.
On Windows, Right click anywhere on the desktop and select New >> Shortcut
Then click the browse button and navigate to:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Elements 11 Organizer\PhotoshopElementsOrganizer.exe"
Then click Next; then click Finish
Then make a direct shortcut for the Editor in a similar manner.
On Windows, Right click anywhere on the desktop and select New >> Shortcut
Then click the browse button and navigate to:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 11\PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe"
Then click Next; then click Finish

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