PSE-9 trial caused Corrupt Contour file in PSE-6, licensed version

I posted this question a couple of weeks ago as part of a reply to jon99, but never received a response.
It is the last remnant of several issues after installing/uninstalling PSE-9 Trial version, which said my PSE-6 license was no longer valid and would not let me run the app.
After running the validation tool and getting my license validation back for my PSE 6, I now get a "contour file is corrupt or damaged" error, only on startup of PSE-6.
It does not appear to affect the workings of the application, but I would like to clean it up.
If anyone know what the 'contour file' is, and how to fix it, I would appreciate the help.
Thanks in advance.
D

You are a life saver Jon~
First option (License Retore) did the trick, though not totally clean.
The app started after giving me a black screen. During the startup I got an error window saying "The contour file is corrupt", but it continued to load.
After loading, I put it through its paces and it seems to be working fine, although I would like to resolve the 'contour file' issue, if you can help with that?
I guess I still wonder why Adobe Support kept me on the phone for 20 minutes (it took that long to translate), telling me there is no help, when they could have given me the same info that you did! 'Curiouser, and curiouser...'
Thanks again for the prompt and correct help. Now I can finish my project!
Doug

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