Photoshop Elements 7 - Thumbnails

  I loaded PSE 7 onto a new PC then did a recovery from the latest backup.  The correct number of files loaded.  The problem is that no thumbnails are shown.  Whenever PSE is opened it shows 'generating thumbnails' however it quits doing this after a while.  This had been going on for 4 days with no noticable results.  The pictues can be viewed by clicking on them.  Everything else, tags etc appear to be working ok....

Try deleting the thumbnail cache. Start by closing Elements and click the Windows start button >> Computer.  Navigate to:
C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Elements Organizer\Catalogs\MyCatalog
Inside the My Catalog folder (or whatever name you gave your catalog) you should find a CACHE file:
thumb.5.cache
Highlight that file and delete it.
After deleting that file restart the elements Organizer and wait. It should regenerate a new set of thumbnails.

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