Setting the Primary External Editor in LR4

How can I set the primary External Editor in LR4? I recently upgraded to CS5.5, then uninstalled CS5 and now Lightroom thinks it should use CS4 which is not longer installed. I've unstalled and reinstalled LR4 and nothing changed. I deleted the preferences file and nothing changed.
Why isn't there an easy way to change this setting?
David

Winner, Winner, chicken dinner!
Thanks so much trshaner. A modified Solution 2 from the link you provided below fixed it i.e. The Photoshop.exe Key was already there, so I just changed it to point to the CS5.5 path. woala!
"The simplest solution is to reinstall PS CS5.5, or follow the other procedures outlined at the link jim01403 provided:
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/edit-photoshop-command-missin g-photoshop.html"
All the best,
David

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I use XP Professional with Lightroom 1.4.1 and Lightroom 2.0 Beta and 2GB RAM on a 3.2ghz Pentium 4 machine.
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Phil
You wrote
1. Is it possible to use Premiere Elements as an external editor in LR5 ?
I do not have Lightroom 5 or other version of it. I did do some work on an earlier version tryout of it.
And, I believe now as then, that the answer to your question is No. Bottom line, if there is integration
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The following is the extent of my travels through Lightroom with focus the Slideshow Module.
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