How do I repair a corrupted Organizer Catalog?

The repair function under "Catalog Management' seems to never finish.  I get disk activity but no completion.  The optimize function behaves the same way.

I had hoped that Catalog Restore from a Backup would fix what appears to be a corrupted Catalog and fix my shut down problem.
I guess I will need to go a different route to fix the problem.  However, right now I am stumped as to which way to go.  Catalog "Repair" and "Optimize" both appear to run forever.
Maybe I will just need to put up with the problem until something magic happens.
The "Bring Up Task Manager and Shut Down Photoshop" work around is workable.  However, I fear the problem will progress.
I was here once before but I don't remember what fixed the problem. It may have been migration to a new computer.

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