Premiere Elements not starting

Question

Hi
I purchased (and starting to get some serieus regrets) premiere elements 9.0 and running it on WIN7 x64
When I start it the welcome screen starts, when I chose New Project it tries to launch Premiere, but it stalls first for a long time at
the stage of  ExporterQuickTimeHost.prm it takes a really long time and then the welcome screen looks again like I never clicked anything.
If I now click again on New Project , the welcome screen disappears completely.
I read some stuff about GPU settings and all, but I never get to that stage. Since I bought PE9 one week ago I never got to stage of even seeing the damned program!!
I noticed that 2 processes are started
Adobe premier elements.exe
and
Adobe premier elements 9.exe
They keep running, but there is no GUI
I updated the graphics drivers to the latest, I updated Quicktime to the latest, my WIN7 is fully up to date with the latest updates....
HELP!!!!!!!!!!! I'M GETTING REALY FRUSTRATED!!! WHy is there no LOG anywhere to be found!?!?!?!
this is my system:
    Number of cores        4 (max 8)
    Number of threads    8 (max 16)
    Name            Intel Core i7 720QM
    Codename        Clarksfield
    Specification        Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU       Q 720  @ 1.60GHz
    Package (platform ID)    Socket 989 rPGA (0x4)
    CPUID            6.E.5
    Extended CPUID        6.1E
    Core Stepping        B1
    Technology        45 nm
    Core Speed        2376.5 MHz
    Multiplier x FSB    18.0 x 132.0 MHz
    Rated Bus speed        2112.5 MHz
    Stock frequency        1600 MHz
    Instructions sets    MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x
    L1 Data cache        4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
    L1 Instruction cache    4 x 32 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
    L2 cache        4 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
    L3 cache        6 MBytes, 12-way set associative, 64-byte line size
    FID/VID Control        yes
    Turbo Mode        supported, enabled
    Max turbo frequency    2800 MHz
    Max non-turbo ratio    12x
    Max turbo ratio        21x
    Max efficiency ratio    7x
    TDP Limit        45 Watts
    TDC Limit        37 Amps
    Core TDP        37 Watts
    Uncore TDP        8 Watts
    Power @ 7x        15 Watts
    Power @ 8x        18 Watts
    Power @ 9x        23 Watts
    Power @ 10x        29 Watts
    Power @ 11x        36 Watts
    Power @ 12x        45 Watts
    Max bus number        63
    Attached device        PCI device at bus 63, device 2, function 1
    Attached device        PCI device at bus 63, device 3, function 4
    Attached device        PCI device at bus 63, device 2, function 1
Chipset
Northbridge            Intel DMI Host Bridge rev. 11
Southbridge            Intel PM55 rev. 05
Graphic Interface        PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width        x16
PCI-E Max Link Width        x16
Memory Type            DDR3
Memory Size            4096 MBytes
Channels            Dual
Memory Frequency        528.1 MHz (2:8)
CAS# latency (CL)        7.0
RAS# to CAS# delay (tRCD)    7
RAS# Precharge (tRP)        7
Cycle Time (tRAS)        20
Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC)    59
Command Rate (CR)        1T
Uncore Frequency        1980.4 MHz
Memory SPD
DIMM #                1
    SMBus address        0x50
    Memory type        DDR3
    Module format        SO-DIMM
    Manufacturer (ID)    Samsung (CE00000000000000)
    Size            2048 MBytes
    Max bandwidth        PC3-8500F (533 MHz)
    Part number        M471B5673EH1-CF8 
    Serial number        617BF7E1
    Manufacturing date    Week 40/Year 09
    Number of banks        8
    Nominal Voltage        1.50 Volts
    EPP            no
    XMP            no
JEDEC timings table        CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
    JEDEC #1        6.0-6-6-18-24 @ 457 MHz
    JEDEC #2        7.0-7-7-20-27 @ 533 MHz
    JEDEC #3        8.0-8-8-23-31 @ 609 MHz
DIMM #                2
    SMBus address        0x52
    Memory type        DDR3
    Module format        SO-DIMM
    Manufacturer (ID)    Samsung (CE00000000000000)
    Size            2048 MBytes
    Max bandwidth        PC3-8500F (533 MHz)
    Part number        M471B5673EH1-CF8 
    Serial number        617BF77F
    Manufacturing date    Week 40/Year 09
    Number of banks        8
    Nominal Voltage        1.50 Volts
    EPP            no
    XMP            no
JEDEC timings table        CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
    JEDEC #1        6.0-6-6-18-24 @ 457 MHz
    JEDEC #2        7.0-7-7-20-27 @ 533 MHz
    JEDEC #3        8.0-8-8-23-31 @ 609 MHz
Graphic APIs
API                NVIDIA I/O
API                NVIDIA NVAPI
Display Adapters
Display adapter 0   
    Name            NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
    Revision        A2
    Codename        GT216
    Technology        40 nm
    Memory size        1024 MB
    PCI device        bus 1 (0x1), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0)
    Vendor ID        0x10DE (0x103C)
    Model ID        0x0A28 (0x363C)
    Performance Level    Default
        Core clock    135.0 MHz
        Shader clock    270.0 MHz
        Memory clock    135.0 MHz
    Performance Level    2D Desktop
        Core clock    405.0 MHz
        Shader clock    810.0 MHz
        Memory clock    324.0 MHz
    Performance Level    3D Applications
        Core clock    500.0 MHz
        Shader clock    1100.0 MHz
        Memory clock    790.0 MHz

Answer 1

If you can get it working in diagnostic mode, try adding the various items back. Either do this one at a time or by halves.
Halves - say you have twenty items loading:
add back half (ten) and see if it still works.
If it does then the problem is in the half you removed.
If it doesn't then the problems is in the half you left starting.
If it does (2) then add back half (five) and see if it still works. Repeat the halving until you get to the last item - that should be the problem one.
If it doesn't (3) then take out another half (five) and see if it now works. Repeat the halving until you get to the last item - that should be the problem one.
Cheers,
Neale
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