Premiere Elements 8 can't open any project

Hello,
I am running Premiere Elements 8 (fully-paid version) and trying to open a project which I created last night. But I'm finding I can't open any project. On the welcome screen, when I click on "Open Project", I get a pull-down menu (as expected):
But no matter what option I select (even "Open..."), I get the same result: The "Open Project" button turns into a wait-bar for a minute or two:
...and then "Open Project" simply reappears without anything else happening.
I also tried a different approach, going to the .prel file in Windows and double-clicking it. But again, nothing happened.
My PC is running Windows 7 Home Premium. The hardware is a 64-bit, HP p6310y with an AMD Athlon II X4 630 processor, 2.8 GHz, with 6 GB of RAM.
Any suggestions?
- Bruce Romney
Valley Forge, PA

Hello,
I have the exact same problem as you with PE8 and Win7 (x64), and a reboot also helped me. But the problem came back the next time I tried to open PE. Have you expreienced the same? It cant be that we have to reboot every time we want to use PE?
Best regards
Øystein Morvik
Norway

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