Photoshop Elements 14 Catalog Questions

https://forums.adobe.com/people/jim+horlacher  wrote I can't find any information about how the catalog works in relation to how it ties to the picture files. To be more specific, I have a master picture folder on my E: drive that contains folders of pictures based on year and event. When I first started using Photoshop 7 years ago to tag my photos, I assumed Photoshop was using the picture files on my E: drive. When I upgraded to PS 14, I realized Photoshop made a separate copy of my folders/pictures on the C: drive user my catalog folder. This, plus the catalog backup I made that somehow copied all my pictures to the root of my C: drive, is now making my computer super slow. How can I get Photoshop to use the pictures on my E: drive so I don't have so many copies? Any place I can find more details on how all of this catalog stuff works? Discussion successfully moved from Photoshop General Discussion to Photoshop Elements

How did you 'upgrade' to PS14, or more precisely, how did you 'migrate' your photo files library (the folders tree) and your catalog(s)?

It looks like you did a backup and restore, which is the right course to follow, but that works like this:

- you use the 'backup' command of the organizer to create a backup folder on an external media, typically an external USB drive;

- that backup folder contains copies of all your photo files, their structure and all the contents of the catalog folder

- from the new computer, your 'restore' everything to a destination drive of your choice (maybe C: on your new computer)

If you have duplicates, it is possible that you have both the backup folder and the restored folder.

Note that if you have a 'super slow' computer now, that has probably nothing to do with the possible destination.