Photo Elements 13 Organizer dumped all catalogue data and failed to restore backup

16 December 2014, Photo Elements Organizer running on i7 and windows 7 Pro.  All Adobe data base info had failed in that all that was visible in organizer  was music files, (mp3).  Attempted to reload data from file menu options, restore from a backup etc all failed.  Had to re install the software.  Editor still functioned OK.  Possible issue may have been a windows update which effected Adobe's software?  Reinstalled from CD, updated and reloaded images and the software is now functioning.  However this database corruption has dented the users confidence in the security of the Organizer database some 3K+ images.  Any possible remedies to make sure this does not happen again would be welcome.

From your description, there is not much we can do to help you as other Organizer users. The first thing which comes to mind is that when you can see only a type of file (music, video...), chances are that you have inadvertently set the organizer to show only that type of file (another post on the same subject today : How do I find missing .mov files in Organizer?).
After all you have attempted, we'll never know if that was the case.
More details would be helpful to know why you were not able to restore your backup (was it from the Organizer or another software?)
My personal guess is that the Windows update has nothing to do with your problems and that there has been no database corruption; the real problem is elsewhere.
If you give us more details, we'll be happy to help you.

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