How to reinstall Photoshop Elements without losing the catalog?

Hello all,
I find myself in an awkward situation.
For a reason unknown, it seems an essential file for Photoshop Organizer has been deleted. I suspect a disk cleanup utility to have been a bit overzealous. Anyway the harm is done.
When I try to start Organizer I get a message telling me that it can't start cause "DetectionUtils.dll" can not be found. The reinstallation of this application could correct this problem". Starting Editor is not a problem however.
I wanted to try out reinstalling Photoshop Elements but when I launch the installation the only option I have is uninstalling Photoshop as the instal program just like Windows considers Photoshop is still installed on my computer.
My catalog is huge: I have tagged 26 000+ photos and videos. I don't want to lose it. Of course, I have backups but I want to get it back into Photoshop.
So what are my options? How can I manage to get Photoshop 8.0 working again with my catalog?
The simplest solution would be to be able to download the Detectionutils.dll file and install it but where can I download it and where do I save it?
Any other ideas?
Thanks in advance!

Did an uninstall and a reinstall, Elements worked again and I got my Catalog back!
Thanks a lot for the quick answer dj_paige!

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