PSE11 GIFs won't play beyond 3 frames once saved. They play perfectly in preview.

I'm trying to make an instructional GIF with 1sec intervals between 18 frames at 640x480 or smaller, 72dpi. Three of the wordier frames / layers are duplicated to allow ppl time to read them. The file plays fine in preview, but it won't save and play beyond 3 frames seemingly no matter how I change the save parameters. Help! I've made smaller faster gif animations before with no trouble.

Go to the editor preferences>general and click this button, then restart the editor. If that doesn't do it, what operating system?

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