Layer Palette disappeared

I have been using PhotoShop Elements 2.0 for several years.   Today while I was working on a project involving manipulating several layers my Layer Palette disappeared!   I had been working on the project for about an hour and the layer Palette had been in its customary place the whole time.
   Does anyone out there know how I can get it back?
   I tried restarting my computer a couple of times and even reinstalled the PhotoShop software, but the Layer Palette remains absent!

You can try Window>Layers or Window>Reset Palette Locations.
If that doesn't work, try resetting the pse2 preferences by holding down
the keyboard keys: Shft+Alt+Ctrl at same time as you start pse2 and then click ok in
dialog that appears.
MTSTUNER

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