Restore libraries in Photoshop Elements

I have had to re-install Photoshop (v10) after a disk crash required a reformat. I was able to save all my pictures which were in the My Pictures default library. Is it possible to recreate all my libraries as they were within Photoshop or will I need to start all over again? I noticed there is a sub-folder called My Catalog and wondered if this was perhaps the configuration files for the libraries i had created?

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Hi I need some help and guidance. I have successfully installed my Photoshop Elements 10 twice now; once on my own; and following a MS Vista System Restore; with the help of Adobe support . I then worked on it for a day and all was well.
But unbeknown to me at the time, I had a MS System corruption that was causing Boot issues resulting in a forced Restore of my system and both Restores caused the Photoshop elements desk-top shortcut to disappear and a subsequent PSE10 re-install to fail with the dreaded Data7 , and "Application Shared Technologies" and rollback of Orgainizer and Editor etc etc.
I now realise that the two events were connected and the Adobe Support Person helped me get PSE10 up and running but it involved a lot of file permission changes etc, which lost me in the process, which was done remotely. PS Great customer support!!
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Have you tried uninstalling and installing again?
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I had Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 on old computer but find folder is now empty is it possible to restore from Adobe?

I had Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 on old computer & transferred to new computer - this file is now empty, so I must have deleted photos. Is it possible to restore them?

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All photos duplicated after restoring Photoshop Elements 11 catalog

I recently had my computer reformatted and notice that following Photoshop Elements reinstall and catalog restore all my photos have been duplicated in the Adobe/digital photos folder. I have read that this is due to my computer tech restoring all photos in the original folder structure prior to me executing the catalog restore (I should have done my research first). My question is what can I do now to eliminate the duplicates? Do I delete all photos and the Adobe folders or is there an alternative?

Al Markunas wrote:
The duplicates are in the same folder tree structure and, yes, the restore renamed them with a -1 suffix. The pictures with the -1 suffix are the ones I see in the Organizer.
There is no 'smart' way to get rid of the files previously copied on your drive, but I would use the ability of the the Organizer to move folder trees on your drive.
First I would create a new master folder outside of the old tree structure.
Then I would work in 'Pictures' view in the left panel of PSE11.
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Once you master the process, you can either move all your remaining folder tree from the Organizer, and delete the remaining duplicates from the Explorer or you can move branches separately.
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The main penalty of your situation is the renaming of your files with a suffix, but that does not prevent you to use 100% of the Organizer features.

Backup and Restore from Photoshop Elements 8 to Photoshop Elements 12 Not Working

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sremsing
From the looks of it, Premiere Elements (any version) has nothing to do with this issue. Is that correct? The question seems to involve Photoshop Elements. Somehow your thread was posted in the Adobe Premiere Elements Forum (video editing) and not the Adobe Photoshop Elements Forum which should have been the destination for your question.
Photoshop Elements
If you program is Photoshop Elements, please repost your thread there or wait for a moderator to see your thread here and then move your thread from here to there.
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Restoring catalogs to a new computer & version of Photoshop Elements

I have Photoshop Elements 8 and Premiere Elements 8 installed on my computer. The computer's operating system is 64 bit Windows 7.
I have an unresolved problem with printing new JPEG images in Photoshop Elements 8. If I don't adjust the date in the image file before I print Photoshop Element crashs. I have no issues with Premiere Elements. I have no problem printing JPEG images which are opened from a RAW edit. No time adjustment is necessary in that case.
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Ken,
Thank you very much for the reply. I'm relieved that the albums & tags are part of what I backed up so they'll be restored to Photoshop Elements 10.
I've looked at the Adobe document to which you gave me the link. Thanks for that too.
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As part of the uninstalling of Photoshop Elements 8.0 the Adobe document refers to removing two folders. One is C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 8.0. The other is C:\Program Files\Adobe\Elements Organiser 8.0. If I remove the folder C:\Program files\Adobe\Elements Organiser 8.0 does that have any effect on Premiere Elements. I use Premiere Elements but I never use the Organiser with it?
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Currently using Photoshop Elements 9 with 98,000 pix. Can I restore catalog to another PC?

I am currently using Photoshop Elements 9 on one PC and would like to transfer my catalog to another PC with is faster and more powerful PC? For example, could I install Photoshop Elements 10 on the faster PC and then import the Catalog Backup from Elements 9? Currently us Microsoft PCs, if that makes any difference?
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photodrawken wrote:
First of all, use PSE9 on your old computer to make a full backup of your catalog and image files. Put this backup in a safe location, such as an external HDD, and don't mess with it. If something goes wrong, you'll need to restore your catalog from this backup to get back to where you started from. Let's call this backup "PSE9 Backup Golden".
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Use PSE9 on your old computer to make a new, full backup onto an external HDD. (Call this backup "PSE9 Backup New".)
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Use the PSE10 Organizer to restore that "PSE9 Backup New" to your new computer, answering "Yes" to any prompt about converting the catalog to the new version.
2.
Use PSE9 on your old computer to make a new, full backup onto an external HDD. (Call this backup "PSE9 Backup New".)
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Install PSE10 on your old computer.
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Photoshop Elements Catalog 10 Restore

I created a backup of my old catalog on an external drive, "G:" to my old computer.
My new computer lists the drive as "F:". I did a Restore, and told Catalog to put it in a new location.
After the Restore, I see no images. File names are there, and tags, and my thumbnails for the tags are in the pane on the right, but I see no images for my photos. When I click on Properties, Catalog is still pointing to the "G:" drive, and says the dirve is not present. No duh! I told Catalog to put it elsewhere.
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Michael,
Thanks for the response. I have spent hours trying to get this to work.
I had Photoshop Elements/Premier, with no version number on the box. I
got it about 6 years ago. It was installed on a Windows XP machine,
which recently started having problems. I had an externaI drive (which
that computer knew as "G:\", which had all of my files (including the
photo files folder structure) on it. I did a Backup of Elements, to the
external drive before my old computer had to be replaced.
I got a new machine, a Windows 7 box. I also purchased Photoshop
Elements/Premier v 10, and installed that on my new machine. Since my
new machine has a much-larger drive than the old machine, I copied my
entire file-structure of my photos onto the C: drive of my new machine.
I have all of my files there, in the same structure as my old external
drive (I had all of my files there).
I connected the external drive to my new machine, and it calls it
"F:\". I launched my new installation of Catalog (v10), and told it to
do a Restore, to a new location. I did the Restore. I took about 15
minutes to copy the image files, then said it was "converting", and took
another period of time. It completed.
I could see my Tags structure, which I had added new tags and groups to
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There is a red circle with a vertical line through it (looks like an
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I have tried to use the back-up / restore-to-new-location method to move a PSE 3.0 (Windows XP) catalog from my hard drive to a mounted network drive (Seagate Black Armor NAS 220). The backup works correctly, but the restore doesn't quite work. The files do get copied to the new network drive location appropriately, both using and not using the full former directory structure, but the catalog file that is created still references the original hard drive locations of the files. I also tried this after (finally) adding the PSE 3.0.1 patch as well, with the same results.
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First I want to say that I have no idea how effectively PSE 3 will process a catalog or the photo files residing on a Network drive. I mention this explicitly to that you do not interpret any other comments that I make as encouraging you to run from the Network drive with PSE 3.
I have more expereince with this in PSE 4 when periodically using a Backup and Restore scenario to take a catalog and photo files from a desktop machine to an old laptop.
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A general but I think important comment.
Usually I do not recommend people upgrading to a new version just for the sake of upgrading. However in your case, you are running version 3 (which was the very first version which had the Organizer combined in to Photoshop Elements) and yet you are expanding your use of Windows operating system functions to practices common now but not common for consumers back in 2004 when PSE v3 was first available.
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I'm using Photoshop Elements 12 on Windows 8.1. When I go into the Expert Edit Mode the toolbar available appears in one single column and misses off several tools including foreground and background colour. How can I restore the original toolbar?

I'm using Photoshop Elements 12 on Windows 8.1. When I go into the Expert Edit Mode the toolbar available appears in one single column and misses off several tools including foreground and background colour. How can I restore the original toolbar?

Thanks for your help - your suggestion worked beautifully.Dennis Hood
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Subject: I'm using Photoshop Elements 12 on Windows 8.1. When I go into the Expert Edit Mode the toolbar available appears in one single column and misses off several tools including foreground and background colour. How can I restore the original toolbar?
I'm using Photoshop Elements 12 on Windows 8.1. When I go into the Expert Edit Mode the toolbar available appears in one single column and misses off several tools including foreground and background colour. How can I restore the original toolbar?
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