Trouble importing files because "files are already in Catalog"

First off, I am using Elements Organizer (v 10). There are certain folders that I can access in the Folders View but they are empty according to Organizer. If I switch to Windows Explorer, these same folders have lots of images in them. When I attempt to "Import to Elements Organizer", I get a message indicating "the files are already in this Catalog".
Any ideas?

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2. Or you could start Lightroom, new empty catalog is created, do File>Open Catalog, select the copied catalog, after it opens go to the Preferences menu>General Tab and make sure the copied catalog is selected in the Defaulf Catalog section, then delete that empty default catalog.
Absolutely no need whatsoever to use "Import from another Catalog" in that situation.

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