Photoshop Elements 10 Catalogs Don't Appear in PSE 11

I just downloaded and installed the trial versions of PSE 11 (Photoshop & Premier). I have been running PSE 10. I created several catalogs in PSE 10. When I go into the catalog management menu in PSE 11, none of the catalogs are listed. If I perform a restore, I have to grab the backup files. When I do that, there are no tages appearing.
I would expect that PSE 11 should know where previous catalogs have been placed with the previous version and automatically have them show up in the catalog management/selection screen.
ALso, what gives with the tags missing? Albums appear but not tags.
Thanks
Denny Knepper
Newville, PA

Normally, PSE11 finds the active catalog in the old version. Otherwise you have to browse to the location of the other catalogs.
Have a look at the help for the new interface : there are many changes and you'll have a lot of difficulties trying to find the new locations by yourself.
http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop_elements
There are many other changes, so it may be useful to take the time to watch the TV help.
The pdf help files are here:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/992825?tstart=0

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