Photoshop Elements 8 is a bad joke

I've owned every version of Photoshop Elements since version 1 was
introduced. Elements 8 is the worst. On my computer (running Windows 7), the organizer crashes every few minutes. I get a message sayingthe program is not responding. It won't add photos to the organizer without crashing. It won't let me scroll down to some of my old photos in the organizer without crashing.In short, it's a disaster. I guess that I should call Adobe tech support but, from what I've read in various forums, that's a disaster too and I'm not looking forward to spending hours on the phone with someone who is hard to communicate with. I know that I'm not the only one experiencing frequent crashes. Has anyone found a solution?

Check the link to troubleshoot organizer crash:
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Troubleshooting_Organizer_ crashes

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