Transparent areas appears black

Some images that use transparency when displayed on a web page, display black in the transparent zones when viewed in Photoshop Elements.
If I edit the images and load them to a web site, the zones display as transparent or black depending on the file format (PNG, GIF, JPG) and other elements I haven't been able to isolate.
What is this due to and how can I get transpency to display correctly when it appears black in Photoshop Elements?
thx,
Marc
Ascendo

Here is exactly what I am doing. I copy the "folder" image from the "get info" page (following a tutorial online to do my own folder icons). This is what the image pasted into SEASHORE looks like:
(the checkered background is the transparency)
This is what happens when I paste the same image into photoshop:
(that is the channels and layers included as requested)
You will notice that the background is NOT transparent, but white. I have checked the "transparent background" upon creation, and before pasting this item, Layer 1 was a 512 by 512 pixel transparent document. I have tried RGB 8, 16, 32 bit, and CMYK but those are not working. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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