Unable to continue: hardware or system error

Hello,
I tried starting up PE8 today, and received this message:
Unable to continue because of a hardware or system error. Sorry, but this error is unrecoverable.
This only occurs while opening "Edit," but not "Organize."
I'm fairly certain I know what has caused the error - I uninstalled an old trial version of Premiere Elements the other day, just to clear out some space on my computer, and I'm guessing that uninstalled something that shouldn't have been uninstalled, something that was also used by Photoshop Elements.
I have already tried the resetting/deleting the preferences folder.
My version is Photoshop Elements 8.0. My OS is Windows 8, 64 bit. RAM is 8.0 (7.4 usable).
I have a license for two computers, and both licenses are in use.
Is this error really unrecoverable? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

i777k
Deleting the settings file has been known to resolve this type of issue. How did you go about resetting/deleting the preferences folder?
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/preference-file-locations-photoshop-elements. html
Was it the Adobe Premiere Elements 8 Prefs.psp file that you deleted?
Or did you go the Ctrl+Alt+Shift hold down as you clicked (held click) on the Editor tab of the Photoshop Elements 8 Welcome Screen?
What antivirus program do you have? McAfee or other? Have you disabled the antivirus program to determine if that had any affect on the
issue?
If you have not already and nothing else is resolving the issue, consider a deactivation, uninstall, reinstall with a ccleaner run through between the uninstall and the reinstall.
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
We will be watching for your results.
ATR

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