Photoshop Elements 10 won't start

I wanted to add some new photos to my Elements 10 catalogue earlier and get a couple of error messages.
The first is that "Windows requires a reboot to return the system to it's original state". However, rebooting does not seem to make any changes.
If I ignore and close that message, I then get a 2nd message from Elements 10 itself stating:- "DirectX could not be initialized. Please be sure that it is installed on your system".
I made sure that the latest version is downloaded and installed, but Elements Organizer still won't initialise.
Any advice and help would be appreciated.
Rob

I am - yes. Sorry, forgot to add that to the original post.

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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 16:46:37 -0600
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Photoshop elements won't switch to the editor workspace from the organizer.

I can't edit more than one photograph per session when using Photoshop Elements 10.
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