Organizer won't open in Photoshop Elements 10. Says it is in use by another program.

Organizer won't open in Photoshop Elements 10. Says it is in use by another program.
This just started happening.... When I open Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 in Windows 7 and click on Organizer to open my catalog, I get a message that reads, " The catalog could not be opened because it is currently in use by another program." I know of no other program. I do backup my pictures with a Seagate backup external drive. How can I resolve this so I can work with my pictures again. Could this have anything to do with Adobe's switch to Adobe Revel?

Have you tried restarting the computer?

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Try making a direct desktop icon for the Organizer and see if you can launch the program directly from the desktop bypassing the welcome screen.
Right click anywhere on the desktop and select New >> Shortcut
Browse to Computer OS C:
And find the PSE Organizer application in Program Files or Program Files (x86) on Windows 7 - 64 bit.
Inside the Adobe >> Photoshop Elements Organizer folder you are looking for an application file “PhotoshopEementsOrganizer”
Select it and click OK
Click next
Then click finish
You should now be able to launch directly form the desktop by double clicking on the icon.

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Thanks again for Adobe link and help.
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There was a peculiarity I should let you know, when I was having my problem. Two like Icons for PSE 10 showed up in my Dock when I called up the PSE external editor from iPhoto.
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I cannot open my photoshop elements 10 to edit pictures. I get a message saying that it cannot connect, error 400. I was using it last week no problem than I shut down my computer & tried to open photoshop the next day & the program wouldn't open. I've heard that this is the result of photoshop.com no longer existing. What can I do about this? There has to be a way that I can still edit my pictures. I've tried opening some .psd docs but they won't open. I tried chatting with adobe tech support & they said that they cannot help me because this is an older PSE program. Anyone know any way around this? Mahalo nui loa!
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PSE 12 Organizer won't open

Hi everyone,
I have tried to install, uninstall and reinstall PSE12 to get the organizer to work but have had no luck. When I first installed the program, the organizer worked for my first transfer of RAW files from a memory card. Afterwards, I tried to move some of the old files into the organizer and while creating thumbnails it crashed. It has not worked since even after uninstalling and reinstalling to software. Here are the details:
What version of Photoshop Elements? PSE 12
Have you installed the recent updates? No, installed software, cannot get the organizer to open.
What operating system? Windows 7 Ultimate, SP1
What kind(s) of image file(s)? Nikon RAW
If you are getting error message(s), what is the full text of the error message(s)? No message. There is a bar show activity but it does not open. The editor does open.
What were you doing when the problem occurred? Transferring old pictures.
Has this ever worked before? Yes, once after the initial install.
What other software are you running?
Tell us about your computer hardware. How much RAM is installed? How much free space is on your system (C:) drive? 4GB Ram. 239GB Free.
Has this ever worked before? If so, do you recall any changes you made to PSE, such as adding Plug-ins, brushes, etc.? Did you make any changes to your system, such as updating hardware, printers or drivers; or installing/uninstalling any programs? No changes.

I have had the same problem. The introductory screen opens and when I click on organizer it opens. Then if I try to open Photo Editor from withinorganizer or from the introductory screen nothing happens. I chatted with text help but they were not helpful.One wonders if they are there not so much to help as to get you to sign up onto more and costlier programs rather than be of actual help in solvining a problem I uninstalled my virus protection as well as PSE 12 then reinstalled PSE 12 and turned on my virus protection, nothing changed. I did that several times. I took the computer to the place where it was built and the tech service person worked on it for several hours. At that point he came to the conclusion that it was an Adobe Corrupted file or something that Adobe has in the program that is causing a conflict. When I first installed the program it worked well. Then a few days ago I started seeing on the introductory screen messages to try/purchase Ps and Li and then the program stopped working. Not sure if there is a relationship between the two. I also had a second Tech support company looked at the progran going through the uninstal/instal procedure cleaning things up with CCleaner and stil does not work, The Adobe tech help guys are totally useless and who are well aware that their suggestions will not lead to a solution.
The tech company even downloaded the program directly from Adobe Web site and its still no good. It could be that there is a conflict with the welcome screen and the ads for Ps and Li that suggenly started appearing. Aside from 2 tech companies I have wasted 2 days trying to resolve the issue. There are no updates or fixes for PSE 12 and it seems we are dealing with a piece of junk. Shame as Adobe is such a well known company and has many decent products used through out the world. Based on the forums I am not alone and it doesn't seem that Adobe is too interested in moving to install fix. Time to move on and download GIMP, a free version of a photoshop editorwhich has similar features and some claim is even better.
Now I have to cancel my Photoshop Elements 12 course as I don't have a program to follow in class.

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Hi,
Is this the sort of screen you get?
If so, that is known as the Welcome screen. You click on the Organizer or the Photo Editor buttons.
If you want, you can change the settings (using the little gear wheel top right) to skip the Welcome screen and go to your required application.
Sorry if you knew that.
Brian

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You need to help us out a little here. Like, what operating system this is and exactly, word for word, what the error message says, and which updates to the OS you just applied, for starters.

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