PSE 7 catalog questions

I made an abortive attempt to upgrade from PSE 4 to PSE 7 in May. When I had difficulty converting my PSE 4 catalog and did not have time to deal with it, I de-installed PSE 7 and reverted to using PSE 4. Now, I am trying to update again and have 3 questions about the catalog.
1. When I did the catalog conversion in May, many of my tags and tag categories were missing or rearranged. Is there something I need to do in converting my PSE 4 catalog to 7 to prevent this from happening?
2. Now that I have re-installed 7, the old catalog I converted in May is still there. I need to delete this PSE 7 catalog in its entirety and reconvert my current PSE 4 catalog. When I try that, I get an error message that says "My Catalog already exists - use another catalog name". How do I get rid of the version 7 catalog from May?
3. PSE 4 gave me the choice of showing my photos in either date sequence or in file name sequence within each folder. Does PSE 7 have the same ability to display in file name sequence? If so, I can't find it.
I've got Barbara Brundage's book on the way and it may answer some of my simple questions but, in the meantime, if anyone can help with these I'd appreciate it.

1. When I did the catalog conversion in May, many of my tags and tag categories were missing or rearranged. Is there something I need to do in converting my PSE 4 catalog to 7 to prevent this from happening?
The conversion process is pretty buggy. Make sure you do File > Catalog > Recover in PSE 4 before attempting conversion. If that doesn't work, see steps 2 and 4 of this FAQ:
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshopelements-6-7-faq.htm#_Problems_converting_cat alogs
2. Now that I have re-installed 7, the old catalog I converted in May is still there. I need to delete this PSE 7 catalog in its entirety and reconvert my current PSE 4 catalog. When I try that, I get an error message that says "My Catalog already exists - use another catalog name". How do I get rid of the version 7 catalog from May?
You can delete the old catalog by doing File > Catalog, selecting My Catalog, and clicking Remove.
3. PSE 4 gave me the choice of showing my photos in either date sequence or in file name sequence within each folder. Does PSE 7 have the same ability to display in file name sequence? If so, I can't find it.
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# WARNING: Use at your own risk. This worked for me, but could completely    #
#           DESTROY your catalogs for both Lightroom (LR) and Photoshop        #
#           Express (PSE). Copy the {YourFilename}.lrcat from LR and the      #
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# Auth...erm, Hacker: Sam Birch                                                #
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Thanks for any advice. Posted this on several boards hoping someone might reply before I start to edit again later today. Apologize if you see this in multiple places.
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You are actually exactly right.
I spent the morning deleting all I had done on the NAS drive and exporting as a catalog with negatives to the NAS. It now has everything I wanted there including the history and collections.
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Thanks.
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Preliminary comment is a specific - don't do an import (get photos) over on your new computer. That will not bring in the tags or the edited to original correspondence from your PS Album catalog.
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1b- is a variation where you do not have exactly the same folder paths on the new machine but you use the MS Access product to edit the Elements catalog database.
2- if your drive letters, folder structure or user name are different on the new machine - or if you are uncertain of the location of your photo files, do an PS Album Full Backup on the old machine and an Elements Restore on the new machine. Do a File > Catalog > Recover before starting the backup. Also, it is very important that you Reconnect All Missing Files successfully because any files not connected will not be backed up. You can direct the Elements backup to an external hard drive folder or a disc(s).
Be aware that not all Creations transfer as is from PS Album 2; tags and photos are fine. Here are some relevant Adobe techdocs to read
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/330659.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/330800.html
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Hey guys, a few quick LR questions...
1. Can a Lightroom catalog see folder structure? (If for example, I asked it to reference files already on my hard drive, could I see the folder structure that existed, and navigate to it from within the program?)
2. Would those files remain accessible via Finder?
3. If I ADDED a photo to the folder via the finder, could I update the catalog so Lightroom knew it was there?
4. If I Moved/Deleted a photo from a folder, could I make Lightroom update the catalog with the new info?
5. If I added an extra FOLDER, could I make Lightroom see it? Would I need to add it via Lightroom, or the Finder?
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