Error Message: Sorry, a serious error has occurred that...

This seems to be a common problem, however, I have not found a fix. I am somewhat technologically savvy, but limited! Listed below are my specs and details to the problem.
Software- Premiere Pro (Version 5.03) Recently updated
OS- WIN7 Core 2 Duo CPU E8400 3.00GHz 4.00GB RAM
Footage used- all types
Error message text-
Sorry, a serious error has occurred that requires, Adobe Premiere Pro to shut down. We will attempt to save your project.
The problem-
When attempting to start PP it allows me to start a new project, select setting, and sequences. However, as the program begins to start up the new project the error pops up. The only option is to click ok, which in turn locks up the program.
Also any files that I have previous created also will not open properly.
Also, I have recently lost a drive that contained many of my old PP projects. I've read that some people have this problem when losing a drive that once related to possible PP preferences and scratch disks...once again I am limited on understanding how that all works.
I have restarted, cold boots, warm boots....clean uninstall, clean reinstall of PP and all components, updated chipset, display adaptor is up-to-date (NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE) ...also I am an administrator of the workstation
**Through my many failed attempts from reading forums I have also at sometimes received a RunTime Error R6025 (pure virtual function call)
I have no 3rd party effects
not using Mecury to my knowledge.?

Has it worked OK in the past? If so, try System Restore.
While your computer might meet Adobe's minimum requirements, it is way underpowered to run Premiere Pro properly.
See here:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/6336879#6336879

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Error Message: Sorry, a serious error has occurred that requires Adobe Premier Pro to shut down.

Hi. I'm having another serious problem with CS4 (the version that comes with CS5 when you don't have 64 bit capability. I just finished a project, had saved it, and then had switched over to Adobe Encoder to create a finished flash video (which worked perfectly). I shut down CS4, went home, tried to restart the main project to create a video from the same project (wanted to make an mpeg version as well) and got the following error message:
Sorry, a serious error has occurred that requires Adobe Premier Pro to shut down. We will attempt to save your current project. Then the system shuts down.
Not only can I not open the project I was working on, I cannot open any of my prior projects without receiving the same error.
Does anyone have any idea what may be causing this issue and how to resolve it?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
By the way, is everyone else having the same amount of problems with this software? I've never had any software that has had so many problems from the beginning. My opinion of this software and Adobe in general has gone down substantially.

Not enough information for anyone to even make a guess
Work through all of the steps (ideas) listed at http://ppro.wikia.com/wiki/Troubleshooting
If your problem isn't fixed after you follow all of the steps, report back with ALL OF THE DETAILS asked for in the FINALLY section, the questions at the end of the troubleshooting link

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When I add a Disc Menu I get an error message: "Sorry, a serious problem occurred and Premiere Elements needs to shut dow..." I am using Premiere Elements 10 on a Apple MacbookPro. I have uninstalled and deactivated and reinstalled but still get same error.

cyclone
What video card/graphics card does your Mac computer use? NVIDIA GeForce? If so, please read the description and solution for the Premiere Elements/NVIDIA GeForce issue in the Announcement on the matter at the top of this forum. Any questions or need clarification on that, please do
not hesitate to ask.
What specific disc menu theme or themes are associated with this program failure? What is the exact place where the problem hit..
a. just clicking on Disc Menu header
b. dragging Disc Menu from the display of themes into the Disc Menu area customization screen
c. selecting your menu in the display of choices and then hitting Apply
d. other
Are you running Premiere Elements 10 from a User Account with Administrative Privileges?
Is this a "it worked before but not now" or "it never worked before" type issue.
On the Windows side of things, application of Run As Administrator as well as the User Account with Administrative Privileges has been know
to resolve some of these issues. I am strictly an Elements Windows user. What is the Mac side of the story for Run As Administrator? At any
rate, are your computer permissions in order?
Just to cover all bases, do you have the latest version of QuickTime installed on your computer with Premiere Elements 10?
Let us start here and then decide what next.
Thank you.
ATR

Sorry, a serious error has occured that requires adobe premiere elements to shut down. we will attem

So I've had premiere elements 9 for a while and it always worked just fine, but one day right in the middle of working on a project i get this error message:
sorry, a serious error has occured that requires adobe premiere elements to shut down.
Why did this come up? I know I've plenty of free space and everything! Please if you know how to fix it then help!
Some other info:
My computer runs on windows 7
Once again, the Premiere elements I'm using is 9
Please if you know what to do please help!

Yes Bill,
I too have been very errant in turning off the CA Vet Security system , it too causes problems .
Regards,
Bob

Another: a serious error has occurred that requires Adobe Premiere Pro to shut down

I know a few people have had the same notification:
sorry, a serious error has occurred that requires Adobe Premiere Pro to shut down. We will attempt to save your current project
I have tried a whole series of things to fix it and no luck. Here are all the computer stats... does anyone have any ideas???
Premiere Pro
Version number: CS5, with most recent update
Installation language: English
Updates applied: Most recent… installed AFTER problem started
Project/sequence settings… NA
Operating System
Name: Windows 7, 64bt
Update/patch level: Service Pack 1
Installed language: English
Display resolution and color depth. 1920x1080; 32bit color
CPU type and speed Core i7 950
Amount of memory (RAM) 12GB
Video card
Manufacturer: Nvidia
Model: FX3800
Driver version: Latest (installed after errors started)
Number of monitors (displays): in use 2 (with one disabled for testing)
Audio card
Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology 82801J HD Audio Controller
Model
Driver version: 6.1.7601.17514 (latest version)
Each hard drive's capacity and space remaining Disk setup (partitions used, raid configuration, what is where for OS/projects/media/scratch/audio)
C and D, no partitions. D is raided, controlled by hardware controller. All software on C. Media kept on D.
Hardware capture device NA
Manufacturer
Model
Driver version number
Capture software NA
Name
Company
Version
Comprehensive list of third-party plug-ins you installed.
None for Premiere I don’t think. A couple for After Effects. Have been installed for a while with no recent updates.
Exact text of any error messages
sorry, a serious error has occurred that requires Adobe Premiere Pro to shut down. We will attempt to save your current project
Explain clearly what you want to do, what you are doing and what the result is
Open Premiere to do some work
Be sure to mention if it is something that worked before using the same procedure
Nothing has changed on the PC prior to program failure.
Very importantly: Post details of troubleshooting you have already done to avoid "did that" reponses to questions people ask when trying to help.
Tried:
Reinstalling
Reducing to one screen.
Holding Shift when starting until first screen (New/ Open Existing/ Help)
Holding Ctrl, Shift Alt when starting until first screen (New/ Open Existing/ Help)
Programme crashed regardless of clicking directly on loading icon and opening New or Existing via first load screen, or via clicking directly from a project file.
Removed all fonts installed since last opened.
Restarting.
Updated Graphics Driver.
Updated Premiere

Hi guys; I thought I would share my experience and how I managed to fix this problem. It might help someone.
In my case I kept receiving this message; eventually after re-launching Premiere, I actually paid close attention to the "software loading" information and saw that it got stuck on my installed "Colorista ii" which is a colour grading software.
Now the red bulb came on my head ping!
I recently just upgraded my Mac to the OS X Yosemite & that affected pretty much any non-updated application, which in my case was that and many more of the Red Giant Pacakge; so I searched for the upgrade via Red giant Link, and low and behold I found it and did so. Immediately everything loaded up perfectly fine.. and now can't even do the work, cos I'm so exhausted from an 'almost heartattack'; so going to sleep and commence later in the day I guess..
Now, you might probably want to check if any application on your system needs upgrading to whatever is the operating system on your Mac or PC at this very time. It might help.
Always back-up.
I hope I helped someone :-)
@ToleXElijah
Extreme Studio Manager

Sorry, a serious error has occured

I worked on a project for several hours yesterday. Now it will not open. I tried opening another project from last week. WILL NOT OPEN. In fact, none of my Premiere CC projects will open. They are all corrupt.
Well done Adobe. I'm missing Final Cut Pro more and more everyday. I swear I come across some glitch or a gotcha nearly everyday with the this software.
Can someone please explain why a project(s) would suddenly corrupt???? And why on earth is the this software so unstable?
I'm running on OSX 10.9.2 with the latest update of Premiere CC 7.2.1
This is the message:
"Sorry, a serious error has occured that require Adobe Premiere to shut down. We will attempt to save your current project."
No projects open, no autosave projects work and literally days have been wasted if these can't be opened.

I am on Windows, but have a few saved Mac discussions that may help (or, may not... but free to read)
Mac and Root User http://forums.adobe.com/thread/879931
-and http://forums.adobe.com/thread/940869?tstart=0
Troubleshooting guide for Mac freeze
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/troubleshoot-system-errors-freezes-mac.html
OSX Crash http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/ame-premiere-crash-launch-export.html

Sorry a serious error has occurred

I am trying to open a wip project and I get the message 'Sorry a serious error has occurred' and Premier pro attempts to save the project.
This happens on every version of the project and every autosave version. I then tried to import one of those projects into a new project and got the same error. I then created a new project and tried to use the files that the previous project was editing and every time I import a file I get the same error.
The files all play on QT and are in Prores format. They all imported and worked in premier pro previously.
Any ideas?
Steve

Hi theendisnye,
Are you using any external drive as a media drive. If yes, then try the internal drive and move the assets to the internal drive and check. If this doesn't help then try uninstalling and reinstalling the program again and update it to the latest updates.
Regards,
Vinay

Sorry, a serious error has occured that requires adobe premiere pro to shut down

Every time I start premiere pro, i get this message
Sorry, a serious error has occurred that requires adobe premiere pro to shut down. We will attempt to save your current project.
I have no idea why this is happening because the program has been working fine for nearly 7 months.
My ram is 2gb, I have a c2d processor and a powerful psu and a gfx card.
Any ideas as what I can do, I have already reinstalled, removed vst plugins and reset all sorts of preferences and caches.
THank you

Head to the Adobe site's 'knowledgebase', type optimise CS3 for (Windows XP, if that's what your using) and following the instructions there, house clean. I find doing this helps clean out those nasty messages

Adobe Premiere CC Trial Version "Sorry, a serious error has occurred that requires Adobe Premiere Pro to shut down." PLEASE HELP!

Every time I open any project in Adobe Premiere CC Trial Version, I get the message "Sorry, a serious error has occurred that requires Adobe Premiere Pro to shut down. We will try to save your project." I can't edit at all and am totally stuck. Please help!
It's terrible that this is happening on the trial version as it's making me want to go straight back to FCP! Also - I've tried switching external hard drive and that also doesn't work.
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So, opening a new project works?

Premiere Elements 9 - "Sorry, a serious error has occurred that requires Adobe Premiere Elements....

When I start up a new project in Premiere Elements 9, the only thing that comes up is the gray screen. When I try to open any existing project, I get the following message:
"Sorry, a serious error has occurred that requires Adobe Premiere Elements to shut down. We will attempt to save your current project."
I have tried all of the suggestions on this website and still, nothing works. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

JerryK713
First question that comes to mind is "Is this a never worked before type issue or it worked before but not now type issue?"
What computer operating system is your Premiere Elements 9 running on? Do you have the Premiere Elements 9.0/9.0.1 Update installed? And, the typical drill questions, do you have the latest version of QuickTime installed and are you working from a User Account with Administrative Priviledges?
Since Premiere Elements 9.0/9.0.1 is a 32 bit application, we would revisit the question of your computer resources...processor, installed/available RAM, free hard drive space? Is your computer optimized...defragmented, video and audio card drivers up to date, pile ups preview files and conformed video and audio files cleaned out? Scratch Disks directed to save location with enough free space to receive them?
Have you checked to make sure that antivirus and firewalls are not contributing to or causing the issue?
Another thought...are you running a dual (or more) monitor setup with your current video card?
Please review and then we can decide what next.
Thanks.
ATR

Premiere Elements 9 - "Sorry, a serious error has occurred that requires Adobe Premiere Elements..(2)

Hi,
I have the exact same problem as described here but the solution proposed here didn't work:
Premiere Elements 9 - "Sorry, a serious error has occurred that requires Adobe Premiere Elements....
I'm still getting the message "Sorry, a serious error has occured that requires Adobe Premiere Elements to shut down. We will attempt to save your current project.".
I uninstalled, reboot, installed, reboot a few times and it still doesn't work.
Any suggestions? I'm using Premiere Elements 9 and Windows 7, 64 bits. It was working before. It started after I had to reformat my harddrive and reinstall everything.
Thanks,

...By the way, when you did that and deletion of the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs deletion did not resolve the problem, did you then delete the whole folder in which the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file exists?
[YH] Yes I did but it didn't work.
1. When you did the uninstall/reinstall, did you include a ccleaner run through between the uninstall and the reinstall? Good idea to do that to remove any leftovers from incomplete uninstall reinstalls.
[YH] Done but didn't work. I just ran the CCleaner free version. I'm not sure if it's enough.
2. Do you have the 9.0.1 Update installed.
[YH] Done but didn't work.
Do you have the latest version of QuickTime installed on your computer
[YH] I didn't have QuickTime installed. It is now but didn't do any difference. I uninstalled Adobe Premiere Elements, ran CCleaner, reboot, installed APE, reboot... still doesn't work.
3. Are you running your computer from a User Account with Administrative Privileges as well as Run As Administrator (from right click of program desktop icon and selection of Run As Administrator?
[YH] Yes
4. Is your video card/graphics card up to date according to the web site of the manufacturer of the card?
[YH] I'm assuming yes because it was working before.
5. Does the problem exist with and without the antivirus program disabled?
[YH] I haven't tried yet but see item number 6 below.
6. Go to Computer/Manage/Services and Applications/Services and assure that FLEXnet Licensing Service is started.
[YH] I don't see any FLEXnet. I don't remember installing this on any computer. I googled it but I'm not sure I understand what and from where to install it. I checked at work on another computer running Adobe Premiere Elements and FLEXnet is running on that computer. So this might be the source of the problem.
7. The following is a version 12 remedy, let us see if this will work for 9.0/9.0.1
As described in the link below, rename the SLCache Folder and the SLStore Folder.
http://www.atr935.blogspot.com/2014/04/pe12-premiere-elements-12-editor-will.html
[YH] Haven't tried it yet.

Sorry a serious error has occured - adobe premiere cs 5.5

Hello
This message has appear when I edited on Adobe Premiere cs 5.5 -
I deleted a clip on timeline.
First time this has come, when I make a frame from videoclip. I make successfully a jpg frame, and when I want delete clip on timeline, from which I created this frame adobe hung up..
I think maybe hardisk is corrupt, or slow
I have two samsung hardisk's
HD103SI
my configuration
- ASUS P8Z68-V
- intel 2600K 3.4 GHz
- Corsair 16GB ( 4x4 GB ) / 1600 / Venegance
- hdd Samsung 1 TB i 1,5 TB.. and Seagate 400 GB
- nVidia GTX 570 / 1028 MB with Cuda
- BlackMagic Design - Intensity Pro
- universal card reader chieftec
- Blu-Ray LG BH10 LS30
- Windows 7 64 bit PRO OEM
- Adobe Premiere cs 5.5

I mean.. that first time was, when I make still frame from clip.
It happens again today from time to time - please read my text below.
I eject one hard disk nine days ago and I search error by Victoria program to HDD.. and he found few errors, a some bad sectors.
.. so one 1 TB disk left to video data, and system, and one 400 gb to final video data..
I make new format and clean install Windows 7 and Adobe Premiere..
9 days was with no error.. to this day..
Message Sorry a serious error has occured.. appears today again when I editing videoclip..
I search badsectors on second disk this 1 TB.. which left on computer.. I am coming to job now, so I check if any badsecors are now.
I think that I must buy new fast disk, those two hard disk I bring to shop to guaranty (I buy 1 year ago).
Sorry for my mistakes
This is log from Victoria HDD
13:11:23 : Starting Reading, LBA=0..1953525167, sequential access, timeout 10000ms
13:17:03 : Warning! Block start at 73000192 = 484 ms
13:17:05 : Warning! Block start at 73342464 = 516 ms
13:17:06 : Warning! Block start at 73344256 = 516 ms
13:31:10 : Warning! Block start at 245241344 = 485 ms
13:36:07 : Warning! Block start at 305681152 = 219 ms
13:55:18 : Warning! Block start at 529966336 = 218 ms
13:56:53 : Warning! Block start at 547991552 = 1125 ms
13:56:58 : Warning! Block start at 548703744 = 1000 ms
14:03:52 : Warning! Block start at 625803008 = 203 ms
14:36:55 : Warning! Block start at 988770304 = 500 ms
14:36:55 : Warning! Block start at 988770816 = 484 ms
14:36:56 : Warning! Block start at 988771840 = 453 ms
14:37:01 : Warning! Block start at 989610752 = 484 ms
14:48:07 : Warning! Block start at 1103695360 = 234 ms
15:15:06 : Warning! Block start at 1365950720 = 375 ms
15:17:14 : Warning! Block start at 1386163968 = 484 ms
15:17:21 : Warning! Block start at 1387191552 = 406 ms
15:17:22 : Warning! Block start at 1387198976 = 407 ms
15:17:22 : Warning! Block start at 1387201792 = 390 ms
15:19:34 : Warning! Block start at 1407164928 = 297 ms
15:58:41 : Warning! Block start at 1739997696 = 469 ms
15:58:51 : Warning! Block start at 1741284608 = 406 ms
15:58:52 : Warning! Block start at 1741294592 = 203 ms
15:58:52 : Warning! Block start at 1741295104 = 453 ms
This is time in miliseconds to access sectors hard disk.
Maybe this is fault why AP crashes.. or maybe not..
Message was edited by: Tomek Kaskow

"Serious problem has occurred" when exporting

I'm using CS3 and when I export my movie as avi, or as flv, or wmv, or anything, it says "A serious problem has occurred that requires Adobe Premiere Pro to shut down."
I just finished putting this movie together and am trying to export it for the first time. I opened my other movies and tried re-exporting and they worked fine. Can someone help me?
My email is [email protected]

>uses the same video formats and audio formats
Well... what ARE they?
Read Bill Hunt on a file type as WRAPPER http://forums.adobe.com/thread/440037?tstart=0
What is a CODEC... a Primer http://forums.adobe.com/thread/546811?tstart=0
What CODEC is INSIDE that file? http://forums.adobe.com/thread/440037?tstart=0
Report back with the codec details of your file, use the programs below
For PC http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ or http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en
For Mac http://mediainfo.massanti.com/
Once you know exactly what it is you are editing, report back with that information... and your project setting, and if there is a red line above the video in the timeline, which indicates a mismatch between video and project
How many hard drives, and how much free, defragmented space?
Trying to use only ONE Hard Drive for Video Editing
You are a music conductor, with a baton that you use to point to various parts of the orchestra... this is like Windows pointing to various parts of the hard drive to do Windows housekeeping or to load program segments for various functions
Now, at the same time and with the same hand... while still using the baton to conduct the orchestra... pick up a bow and play a fiddle... this would be doing something with your video file at the same time as all the other work
You as a person cannot do both at the same time with the same hand
A computer is a LITTLE better, in that it can switch from one kind of task to another very quickly... but not quickly enough for EASY video editing
You need AT LEAST two hard drives (separate drives, never a partition http://forums.adobe.com/thread/650708?tstart=0 for more) with Windows (or Mac OS) and software on your boot drive, and video files on a 2nd drive so the boot drive is not slowed down by trying to do everything
I find that the three drives I use work very well for me, for editing AVCHD video... some people use a 4th drive, so video INPUT files are on drive three and all OUTPUT files are on drive four... I only bought a mid-tower case instead of a full tower case (my bad... but had to fit in the space available on my office desk!) so I use the three drives that will fit
Depending on your exact hardware (motherboard brand & model AND USB2 enclosure brand & model AND external hard drive brand & model) AND the type of video file, you may... or may NOT... be able to use an external USB2 hard drive for SD (Standard Definition) video editing
Steve Grisetti in the Premiere Elements forum http://forums.adobe.com/thread/856208?tstart=0 and Jim Simon in the Premiere Pro forum http://forums.adobe.com/thread/856433?tstart=0 use USB externals for editing
A USB3 hard drive connected to a motherboard with USB3 is supposed to be fast enough for video editing (I don't have such, so don't know) but eSata DOES have a fast enough data transfer for video editing... I have not used the eSata Dock below... for reference only, YMMV and all the usual disclaimers
http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-BlacX-eSATA-Docking-Station/dp/B001A4HAFS/ref=cm_cmu_pg_ t

Sorry, a serious error has occurred... Rant and a solution

Warning. Much of this post is frankly a rant against a poorly written program and the so-called experts who offer up solutions here. If you are one of these experts and you have a thin-skin, don't read this post.
If you just want a solution to the problem skip to the bottom of the post.
INTRODUCTION
Adobe, I want my money back! I rarely buy Adobe products and always wind up regretting it when I do. This product was no exception.
I tried the trial version. Bought the product along with Photoshop Elements as part of a promotion.
Produced a couple of videos with it, no problems. Then, inexplicably, it stopped working for me and I would get the infamous "Sorry, a serious error has occurred..." message while trying to start or open a project. This would happen almost immediately, as it was drawing its intial screen layout.
MY FIRST BIG COMPLAINT... USELESS ERROR MESSAGE
This has to be the most useless error message I've ever read. The few times I've had programs crash on me, the error message that results usually gives me enough clues to find and fix the root problem.
ONWARD...
Uninstalled it with Revo Uninstaller, re-installed it.
Deleted all old project files.
Tried to re-start by clicking 'New Project' button.
Prompts me for a location for the project. I accepted the default.
Immediately gives me the "Sorry, a serious error has occurred..." message and shuts down when I press okay.
MY SECOND BIG COMPLAINT... INCOMPLETE UNINSTALL
I did observe that when I went to use the Organizer after the re-installs, the thumbnails of previous videos were still there. Clearly some cache wasn't removed during the uninstall.
If a cache wasn't removed, perhaps other remnants of the the program were still lying about on my machine. If they were the problem, then no amount of uninstalling/ re-installing would solve the problem.
CONTINUING...
At this point, I came to the forums for help and my worst fears were confirmed. This error message is a common problem. The suggestions to solve it were all over the place. The sheer depth and width of this faultfinding indicated to me that this is a seriously buggy piece of software.
With one or two exceptions it seems that nobody ever resolves this problem.
MY THIRD COMPLAINT... WELL-MEANING BUT UNHELPFUL 'SOLUTIONS'
These are some of the typical solutions I read on these forums:
- Your computer is probably underpowered. Give us a list of all your specs.
- Your computer doesn't have enough hard drive space. Give us a list of all your specs.
- Your computer doesn't have enough RAM. Give us a list of all your specs.
- Something on your computer has 'changed'. Give us a list of all your specs.
- Your hard drive is dying. Back it up quick!
- It's probably your anti-virus software. Turn it off.
- Some of your drivers are probably out of date. Update them all. Give us a list of all your specs.
- That's a different issue... start a new thread. (Lame...)
Most of that advice is... well, lame. It's pretty obvious that these people are just winging it, i.e. throw everything up there and hope something works. Sorta like that tech guy on the support line who always ends up telling you to 're-install the program' because he really has no clue what the problem is and just wants you off the line.
As someone who has used video editing programs for years, I'm here to tell you that the problem is rarely the computer specs. The specs listed by Adobe for this program aren't that onerous and my three-year-old Dell 1525 laptop with less than 20 megs of space on its 136 HD and 2 megs of RAM was able to produce videos with no problem.
Most computers sold within the last three or four years are pretty robust and should have no problem with consumer level video editing.
Sending people off on a quest to 'fix' their computer and research a lot of computer specs is a time-waster. That should be the LAST thing you recommend after first eliminating the program as a problem.
ONLINE SUPPORT
This is worthy of its own post, but I won't bore you here. Suffice it to say that Adobe tech support deserves some sort of industry recognition for its ineptitude.
MY SOLUTION
First, let me reinterate. The problem is probably the buggy program and not your computer, assuming your computer is relatively new and mid-range or better.
In my case, the clue was in the fact that not all of the program is uninstalled when you try to do a uninstall / re-install. The program likely had some sort of corrupted cache that stopped the program and that remained after an uninstall.
I unstalled it again, but after some research I came across this tool:
Adobe Creative Suite Cleaner Tool at http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/829/cpsid_82947.html
and this reference:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/859/cpsid_85966.html
The reference above applies to Photoshop, but the Organizer elements applies to Premiere unintalls as well.
After applying these two solutions and then re-installing, my Premiere Elements is working once again.
Had I followed the typical advice I would have spent days updating drivers, installing RAM, de-fragging and cleaning up my hard drive, listing specs to post here, etc. And none of it would have mattered a wit.
The program is still buggy though and my original problem may re-occur, I admit. I will certainly never buy another version of this POS program again, but, in the meantime, I hope I can save someone here some time in looking for a fix for their own message.

Your post count is 2 (as I write this) beginning July 17 - which indicates to me that you never asked for help in this forum (or you did so under another name)
As Steve said (and which you may not have known) this is not Adobe support, this is a place provided by Adobe for users to try and help each other
Yes... Adobe has less than good telephone support... a year or so ago that was even admitted to by the Adobe CEO, with discussion of that over in http://forums.adobe.com/community/general/forum_comments or maybe it was http://forums.adobe.com/community/general/forum_comments (been long enough ago that I don't really remember)
If you do have future questions... come back and ask and someone will try to help
Just as advance notice... don't come in saying "my file won't work... why?" without providing details... such as
This is not pointed at you, at least right now... this is just for the future
More information needed for someone to help http://forums.adobe.com/thread/416679
Some specific information that is needed...
Brand/Model Computer (or Brand/Model Motherboard if self-built)
Build a Configuration file http://forums.adobe.com/thread/877653?tstart=0
How much system memory you have installed, such as 2Gig or ???
Operating System version, such as Win7 64bit Pro... or whatevevr
-including your security settings, such as are YOU the Administrator
-and have you tried to RIGHT click the program Icon and then select
-the Run as Administrator option (for Windows, not sure about Mac)
Your Firewall settings and brand of anti-virus are you running
Brand/Model graphics card, sush as ATI "xxxx" or nVidia "xxxx"
-or the brand/model graphics chip if on the motherboard
-and the exact driver version for the above graphics card/chip
-and how much video memory you have on your graphics card
Brand/Model sound card, or sound "chip" name on Motherboard
-and the exact driver version for the above sound card/chip
Size(s) and configuration of your hard drive(s)... example below
-and how much FREE space is available on each drive (in Windows
-you RIGHT click the drive letter while using Windows Explorer
-and then select the Properties option to see used/free space)
Windows Indexing is BAD http://forums.adobe.com/thread/676303
While in Properties, be sure you have drive indexing set OFF
-for the drive, and for all directories, to improve performance
Some/Much of the above are available by going to the Windows
Control Panel and then the Hardware option (Win7 option name)
OR Control Panel--System--Hardware Tab--Device Manager for WinXP
And the EXACT type and size of file that is causing you problems
-for pictures, that includes the camera used and the pixel dimensions
Plus Video-Specific Information http://forums.adobe.com/thread/459220?tstart=0
Read Bill Hunt on a file type as WRAPPER http://forums.adobe.com/thread/440037?tstart=0
What is a CODEC... a Primer http://forums.adobe.com/thread/546811?tstart=0
What CODEC is INSIDE that file? http://forums.adobe.com/thread/440037?tstart=0
Report back with the codec details of your file, use the programs below
For PC http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ or http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en
For Mac http://mediainfo.massanti.com/

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Hello,
I have recently been receiving this error message alot while working on a project. "Sorry, a serious error has occurred that requires Adobe Premiere Pro to shut down. We will attempt to save your current project." It makes rename the project I'm working on and all rendered footage has to be re- rendered. Other than that nothing changes. Its more of an annoyance than a problem. The only thing that is different in this video is that I am editing with a lot of animated layers. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Alex

Hi Alex,
Thanks for your post. The issue might be of performing any editing on a particular sequence. Please try to create a new sequence and copy and paste the old sequence into the new one.
Regards,
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