PSE9 organizer wont start

My PSE9 organizer wont start. When I select organizer from the welcome screen it immediately goes back to the desktop.
I'm running Vista Home premium SP2. The product was working OK until about a week ago but now wont open.
I have renamed the PSA file and the Status.dat file but no help
I have tried to get to catalog manager by CTRL-Shift on selecting organizer from the welcome screen but it just goes back to the desktop.
The Editor appears to work but I can't access Organizer from there either--nothing happens.
Any ideas for me???
Thanks

When I go to C>program files>Adobe>photoshop elements 9.0 I can find an .exe file for editor but not for organizer
where would it be located?
When I hit Ctrl-Alt-del and then click organizer from the welcome screen it just goes back to my desktop
anything else to try--I'm getting a bit frustrated
edit--I did find the organizer.exe file and made a shortcut on the desktop. The program still wont open with that either

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