Photoshop Elements 2021 Startprobleme/ Startup problems

Hello,

Could you please confirm if some OS updates have been installed on your system recently?

Thanks,

Medha

Yes, you have a fast computer, comparable to mine.  So, something is not right.  I have a few more questions to clarify what you have told us.

1. Does the Welcome Screen open quickly when you click on the main Elements icon?
2. Do you use the Organizer, and, if so, how many media files do you have?
3. Have you tried opening the Editor directly from the PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe file?  (You can find it in the following folder:  C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 2021.)
4. @Kneifer55 said: I checked and deactivated everything in the organizer.  Did you reboot after deactivating all media analysis. 
5. @Kneifer55 said: I noticed when Elements starts and freezes and I start the editor or a browser, Elements immediately thaws.  I am confused by this statement.  Can you please clarify what you mean.
6. Have you looked in Task Manager to see what is happening with the Elements processes?  Are you seeing any activity from the Elements Auto Creations 2021 process when the program is frozen?
7. Have any AutoCreations been generated?  If you click the View All button on the Home Screen, how many auto creations have been generated?
8. In Premiere Elements, is your graphics card recognized in Edit>Preferences>General menu?

It's not clear from your post whether the program window actually opens and then is non-responsive for 30 seconds or whether it takes 30 seconds to actually open the program window. 

You also haven't told us the specifications of your computer, so it is hard to judge its relative speed.  But just to give you some numbers for comparison, I also have a very fast computer and these are my numbers:

First launch of the Welcome Screen from a cold boot of the computer:  5 seconds

First launch of the Organizer with a catalog of ~200K media files:  fully responsive in 10 seconds

First launch of the Editor: fully responsive in 9 seconds

Second launch of Welcome Screen: 2 seconds

Second launch of Organizer:  5 seconds

Second launch of Editor:  5 seconds

First launch of Elements 12 Welcome Screen:  2.5 seconds

First launch of Elements 12 Organizer with 71K media files:  11 seconds

First launch of Elements 12 Editor:  6 seconds

So, if the program window actually opens but becomes non-responsive for 30 seconds, something is going on in the background - probably some media analysis in the Organizer.  If you have the Organizer open, the media analysis can also affect the Editor.  If that is the case, try going to Edit>Preferences>Media Analysis in the Organizer and uncheck all analyis boxes.  Then see if it makes a difference.

Half a minute?

That's quite normal for the software to load and process all initial controls and be available for use in the editor or organizer.

That may be shorter if your main drive is a SSD.