New to photoshop elements 11

hi all,
i have recently purchased elements 11 (never had photoshop before).  I thought i had downloaded correctly but upon restarting my computer and attempting to open photoshop Elements, I get the following message
"The catalog could not be opened. An internal programming error occurred"
To which you are instructed to click OK.
After which the catalog manager opens.
I have no catalogs so therefore i know they cannot be opened.  What internal programming error could it be?
i have uninstalled and reinstalled twice following the instructions. 
forgive my somewhat stupid questions, however I am itching to start playing around with old family photos and experimenting with photoshop to see what it can do for me!
Many thanks in advance for those who can shed some light.
kind regards,

thank you for your help, but it did not appear to work and I am still having the same problems.  I even restarted the computer after following the solution.
I appreciate your time and hope that you can offer another solution.
kind regards
Sarah

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