Why won't the Photoshop Elements 9 icon on the desktop any longer launch the program?

PE Elements 9 only opens and launches when I click on a photo. This seems to be something new. 

Just delete the icon and go into the program files or program files(x86) if you have a 64-bit system, find the actual .exe/application file for the editor or the organizer and right-click it and choose to make a desktop shortcut, then use that to launch PSE in the future. The welcome screen got weird when photoshop.com was discontinued.

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