Why doesn't my Photoshop Elements 12 launch/open?

No matter how I try to activate PSE12, through the desktop shortcut, through program files, through old photoshop works I've saved, it will not start.
I've tried reinstalling it, but it still won't launch.
What's strange to me is that Premier Elements, which I also have, works just fine. I can access the organizer through there, see old photoshop works, but be unable to work on them because the editor won't load at all. No prompt on screen. No 404 ERROR or something like that, just a loading circle that goes away after a few seconds.
I have Windows 8 and a brand new computer. Why is this happening?

Dear Barbara,
I tried to rename the 'SLCache' folder as advised.
Outcome: by doing so, PSE12 did not want to launch at all..
Instead, I got following message: 'Please uninstall and reinstall the product'.
Then following message appeared 'A required application library failed to load and the product cannot continue. Please reinstall the application'.
Can you help?
TX in advance.
Best regards,
PSE12User

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