PSE 12 Editor won't open

Purchased PSE 12 recently and workrd fine for a few weeks. Then started getting 30-day trial countdown until 30 days later it doesn't work. Reinstalled several times from DVD but nothing happens when I click desktop icon. Copied files from DVD to PC and clicked "setup" and now I get the splash page and can open the organizer but not the editor. Am running Windows7.

jofo
It only took from October 2013 to until a few days ago to get my Photoshop Elements 12 Editor to open. GautamBahl (Adobe Staff) was answering a "Premiere Elements 12 Editor Will Not Open" problem the other day in the Premiere Elements Forum. I tried the posed fix on my "Photoshop Elements 12 Editor Will not Open" problem and was stunned that it solved my problem.
Did you see my post on this here in the Photoshop Elements Forum where I posted the good news.
http://forums.adobe.com/message/6266418#6266418
All you are going to do is find and rename two folders said to be involved in the program activation
SLStore Folder renamed to SLStoreOLD
SLCache Folder renamed to SLCacheOld
Local Disc C
Program Data
Adobe
and in the Adobe Folder is the SLStore Folder that is renamed from SLStore to SLStoreOLD.
Local Disc C
Program Files (x86)
Common Files
Adobe
and in the Adobe Folder is the SLCache Folder that is renamed from SLCache to SLCacheOLD.
I tried countless fix for the Photoshop Elements 12 Editor that would not open, but the above was the one that worked for me.
Please let me know if it worked for you also.
Thank you.
ATR

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