Sharing photos between networked versions of Elements

Has anyone shared photos between different versions of Elements? Specifically, I have Elements version 3 on a XP system. Now I would like to add a new Windows 7_64bit system and run the latest version of Elements on it. As I will be keeping both systems (networked), I would like both users to be able to use a shared folder of family photos.
1) Can multiple versions of Elements share a common/networked watched folder? (Not simultaneously)
2) If shared in this manner, are there any issues to address?
3) If not different versions, can the same versions share networked folders?
Thank you

You can certainly have the same photos referenced by different PSE catalogs ( with the same or different versions of PSE, running on the same or different computers). Remember that a catalog just contains links to the photos.
There are a few gotchas to think about: If you change the tags of a photo in one catalog, the other catalog won't pick up the change unless you delete and reimport the photo. If you change other fields, such as date/time, star rating, captions, notes, or GPS/map location, or if you edit the photo itself, then you can force the other catalog to pick up the change by selecting the photo(s) and doing Edit > Update Thumbnail. (This works for PSE 6 and later; don't know about PSE 3.) And if you delete a photo from your disk in one catalog, it will become disconnected ("missing") in the other catalog, and you'll have to do File > Reconnect to find such missing photos.
If you want to share the catalog itself, see this FAQ:
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Using_a_single

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