Using the Effects panel

This question was posted in response to the following article: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshopelements/using/WS287f927bd30d4b1f-6b2dcc6012e28ab5bbe -7ffe.html

Might be ThumbDatabase.db3 file may not have been rebuilt by Photoshop Elements.
Do the following.
1) Close Photoshop Elements.
2) Navigate to the following location and look for the ThumbDatabase.db3 file.
C: > ProgramData > Adobe > Photoshop Elements > 10.0
3) Rename the ThumbDatabase.db3 as ThumbDatabase_old.db3.
If necessary, you can revert to the old ThumbDatabase.db3 file by changing ThumbDatabase_old.db3 back to ThumbDatabase.db3.
4) Open Photoshop Elements.
The program may take a while to become functional, as it has to rebuild the ThumbDatabase.db3 file.

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