PSE 5.02: Catalog cannot be opened (hour glass)

Please help me:
I have a big problem: A rather new Vista PC, PSE 5.02, rather big catalog (18MB). PSE has frozen (no reaction, only hour glass). After I killed PSE I restarted it. The PSE Windows shows up (without any pictures) and again immediatly PSE is frozen (no reaction, only hour glass).
If I open another catalog, there is no problem. So I think, the original catalog has some problem. So I started PSE with CTRL pressed, and the catalog was repaired. But even after this repair, PSE freezes immediately after opening the catalog. Has anybody an idea?
Any hints are appreciated!
Best regards,
Thomas.

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