Photo won'[t open in elements 5

i have been successfully using elements 5 since it came out ( last with xp). I recently upgraded to vista, downloaded/installed the patch and have been successfully using elements 5 for about a month. however now it has started to open as normal but when I try to open a photo it just keeps acting like it is loading but the photo doesn't open( have left it go on for 5-10 min). if I go to the top bar (for closing etc) it stops responding. I can open the same files from lightroom 2 ( had that about 3+ weeks) but if I try to export them to elements they won't open there, it just keeps acting like it is working( it worked fine before). this is for all photos,those on my c and external drives( can open them otherwise just not in elements)
I have tried to repair elements, uninstalled and reinstalled twice and still can't open any photos. any ideas? a few days ago i installed the lightroom 2 update( .1 i think) but the lightroom seems to be working fine so don't really think that is doing it..otherwise haven't downloaded anything new. Thanks

Hi Janet,
Are you working on Editor/Organizer. You might want to delete the preferences file - you can do this by launching the welcome screen, hold Shift+Alt+Control and click on Editor button. You would be prompted to delete the preferneces file and click ok. It might now work for you.
You mentioned that Elements worked fine for a month and is not working now?
Since you have tried re-installing and freezing error help, and the above workaround does not work for you, you could try doing a system restore which should help.
Cheers.

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