Saving Files in Elements 10

I just loaded elements 10 last night, (after 2 1/2 hours on the phone with support doing a remote to my computer) and have noticed that after I save newly edited pictures, they are in a format that can not be opened in windows under "my pictures". Any words of wisdom? If I can't look at them on the computer, I probably can't print them out at the local photo store.
Thanks!

If you mean that you cannot see thumbnails of the images in Windows Explorer, the images are probably in the PSD format (PSE's native format) and Adobe refuses to provide the ability to show those thumbnails (as other companies do for their native formats).
Open those images in PSE and do a "Save As" and choose another format, such as PNG.
To prevent this in the future, pay attention to the format when you save an image -- the PSD format is used as the default, but you can select another format.
Added:
If you want to save the layers and effects to edit them at a later date, save the file as a PSD or a TIFF.
Ken
Message was edited by: photodrawken to add additional info.

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