Need help PLEASE!!! Elements12 stopped reading SD card from internal reader

Question

Hi,
   Thank you so much for reading this.  I have done everything possible to fix this and it is still plaguing me.  Got Elements 12 back when it first came out and it worked fine.
   About a month ago, when I put the SD card in the internal card reader on my laptop, it automatically comes up and says this nasty little note that there is no program associated with the card reader.
   I have gone under programs and the defaults and changed all of them to opend with Elements 12.  Also went under the specific suffixes and put Elements 12 as the default program.
   When I put the SD card in the computer, the autoreader comes up and asks what program I want to use for downloading the files.  When I go down the list and pick Adobe Elements 12, that hateful X sound happens and then it says there is no program associated with..........
  Have reloaded ALL the drivers on my computer and everything is up to date.  The only thing that I can see is that it is due to the elements 12 program itself and I do not see where there is any way to repair the file WITHOUT screwing up my organizer that has over 40,000 photos on it. 
Please any help would be so much appreciated. 

Answer 1

I am running Windows 7 Home Premium.  The autoplay box automatically comes up with the Elements 12 box to select, but when I click on it, it gives that hateful noise and says "that there is no file associated with it and to go to default programs and associate it with one.  When I go to the Default programs, it gives this list of stupid stuff like "Paint" whatever that is, and stuff I never use and there is no way to add Elements 12 or any other thing.  Have right clicked, left clicked and everything else but nothing works. 
How could I uninstall the entire program and not lose my organizer that has 40,000 photos and videos on there?  I don't understand it.
And, also, I have to admit that I have no understanding whatsoever to understand the link that you so kindly gave me.  Sorry to be such an idiot, but I'm a nurse, not a computer expert and guess it is pretty clear that I just don't understand it.  My husband is an IT person but has no idea what to tell me because he has never worked with stuff like Elements or Photoshop, etc. 
Any other suggestions that I could understand would be really appreciated.  Am just so frustrated.