ERROR Opening PSE 8 Organizer Freezes

After downloading files from my camera the Organizer opens and another window opens titled “Files Ready for Import”.
Clicking on YES or NO this window goes away and the Organizer stays busy and the application freezes. The Task manager has to be used to abort the PSE8 application. The files did get downloaded but the organizer does not seem to know what to do with them.

I do not find the"APDLogs" directory. Here is what I see...
Is there somewhere else to look?
Thanks for any help you can provide!
!!!! WAIT !!!!
I just tryed it again and it seems to be working.
Is it possible that it could have cleared on it's own. I have used the editor in the meantime, without going through the Organizer, and now I open the organizer and it worked.
I am currently backing up the catalog.
Thanks for the magic you provided!

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