Photoshop Elements 7-Organizer won't open

Photoshop Elements 7 was working fine, then I tried to download pictures to print using the Share feature.  It froze.  I rebooted, and since then have been unable to open the Organizer either from the welcome window or from within Edit or Share.   From the Welcome Screen, it starts loading but gets hung up at "Initialize Plug-in."
I tried opening it going through c:\programfile\adobe\photoshopelements6.0\photoshopelementsorganizer.exe    No luck with that either.
Is my only option to uninstall and reinstall the program?
And what happens to all my albums when I do reinstall?  Do I lose all the albums that I had previously edited?  (No, they are not backed up-thought they were, but discovered otherwise when I tried to retrieve them.
Thanks

You're still looking at the wrong folder.  In the tech note:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/408/kb408913.html
step 2 refers to the following folder for XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\[your user name]\Application Data\Adobe\Online Services
You substitute your user name for [your user name].  Your user name is the account name you use to log into Windows; e.g. I log into Windows with the user name "ellis", so the folder to navigate to would be:
C:\Documents and Settings\ellis\Application Data\Adobe\Online Services
Also, the note in step 2 says to make sure that you can view hidden files in Windows Explorer, but the link provided no longer works.  Here's the correct link:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/404/kb404856.html
Once you've completed step 2, proceed to step 3 to delete the indicated subfolder.

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