Gaussian blur and Colour Adjust Hue/Saturation cause freeze-up

After using PS Elements 9 for a year, it has started to give me problems, and I can't find a fix for it online.  Choosing Gaussian Blur, or Color - Adjust Hue/Saturation causes PSE 9 to freeze up and stop responding.  This just started today, and I'm baffled.  Some of the other filters have stopped working, but they don't cause a freeze-up.  I've done a disk clean and defrag, but I haven't done anything different to my computer in a long time.  I can try to uninstall/reinstall, but I'd rather not if there's a simpler solution.  I'm on a Toshiba Satelite Notebook, i5 processor,  64-Bit OS Windows Home Premium.  I'd appreciate any insight into this issue.

  The editor saved prefs often get corrupted. You may need to rebuild the editor preferences to resolve any conflicts.
Hold down the Ctrl+Shift+Alt keys and simultaneously click on the Edit button on the welcome screen. Release the three keys and look behind the welcome screen by closing it. Or hold down the keys whilst double clicking on PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe (in Program Files x86\Adobe)
You should see a pop up box with the words: Delete Adobe Photoshop Elements Settings File?
Click on Yes
Then wait whilst Elements rebuilds the preferences.
 

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